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Thread #47590   Message #3164071
Posted By: GUEST,loan stranger
02-Jun-11 - 04:29 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Emigrant's Letter (Percy French)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cutting the Corn Around Creeslough Today
Daniel and Bridie are singing "and Katie fornenced me awetting the tay", which translates accurately as "and Katie Beside me awetting the tay", (Fornenced) is a very old English word, said to have been used by Shakespeare in one of his plays, unknown to me, meaning any of the following, Against, Opposite, Beside.
Good Luck from Donegal