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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have already apologised to John off-list=
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was a failed attempt on my part at being humorous. I certainly had no wish =
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patronising or to "show anyone up". </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial>At the risk of being really boring, =
I ran a=20
quick word search on "salley" and find that I seem to have preferred this=20
spelling in my own writings. I also found a few historical instances.=
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in a Taylor estimate of 1888 for "<SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
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mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Ropes=20
of best Italian hemp with worsted salleys 10/- each" and the other from the=
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splendid if quirky writings of J.A. Parnell, the self-styled Gothic=20
Traveller, who wrote in 1815 of Queen Camel:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
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face=3DArial size=3D2> &nb=
sp; At=20
Queen Camel in Somersetshire, at the Church a Peal of 6 Bells, and the Teno=
r is=20
48 or 50 Cwt. in Key of C flat, and here they have 16 Men in the Band to Ra=
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them. Changes here are out of the Question never any can be Rung on them, n=
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have they any Tufting in their Bell Ropes (Salleys) they do not make use of=
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Salleying their Bells when Ringing, says the Gothic Traveller, John Alfred=
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Parnell, Sheffield, Feb<SUP>y</SUP> 10<SUP>th</SUP> 1815.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=3DArial size=3D2>Should we tell the OED? Worth sharing for interest, r=
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than in justification!</FONT></SPAN></P>
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