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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There was once a time when sally, sallie, =
salley,=20
solly (and variants), dolly (etc), pussy (etc) as well a 'billy' (the thing=
on=20
the end of a Y.T.E.) got an airing in the comic, until dear old Tom White (=
who=20
took it all very seriously) wrote the dread words <EM>"This correspondence =
is=20
now closed - Ed"</EM>. It came to a head one year with the discovery =
of=20
"Sally Pussy's Inn" in some distant place. A week ago - I =
do=20
not lie - I was attending a party in Wootton Bassett, near Swindon; just ou=
tside=20
which place I beheld the very hostelry, "Sally Pussy's Inn". Then I c=
ame=20
back to all this correspondence. Funny old world !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This also offers the opportunity to say ho=
w much I=20
enjoy 'from the e-lists' in the comic: editing which must be no easy task, =
but=20
it must be fun.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:c.j.pickford@t..." title=3Dc.j.pickford@t...=
m>Chris=20
Pickford</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 05, 2003 7:26=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Salleys=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have already apologised to John off-li=
st for=20
what was a failed attempt on my part at being humorous. I certainly had n=
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wish to be 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=
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spelling in my own writings. I also found a few historical instance=
s.=20
One in a Taylor estimate of 1888 for "<SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB=
; 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 t=
he=20
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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ize: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB=
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ize: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB=
; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-=
GB"><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2> &=
nbsp; At=20
Queen Camel in Somersetshire, at the Church a Peal of 6 Bells, and the Te=
nor=20
is 48 or 50 Cwt. in Key of C flat, and here they have 16 Men in the Band =
to=20
Raise them. Changes here are out of the Question never any can be Rung on=
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them, nor have they any Tufting in their Bell Ropes (Salleys) they do not=
make=20
use of Salleying their Bells when Ringing, says the Gothic Traveller, Joh=
n=20
Alfred Parnell, Sheffield, Feb<SUP>y</SUP> 10<SUP>th</SUP>=20
1815.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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GB"><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>Should we tell the OED? Worth sharing for interest,=
rather=20
than in justification!</FONT></SPAN></P>
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