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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">At 08:05 on 20 July 2008, George Dawson wrote:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">>> '9 Taylors make a man'</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">>> Funeral chiming goes like this:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">>> For a man:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">>> 3 blows <snip></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">>> For a woman:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">>> 2 blows <snip></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">>> Nowadays I still do this at Willoughby ...</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">>> Isn't this a bit anachronistic in 2008?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">>> John Camp</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">> Well, some of us respect our heritage!</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">> G</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">So do I. But the heritage in question is one which reflects the fact</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">that women were seen as of less value than men. Perhaps the time has</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Consolas">come to give them three blows instead of two, like the chaps.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Consolas">Trust someone to put a modern slant on a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Consolas"> piece of history. If you'd got 2 old people ill in the village you needed to distinguish between 'Old Fred' & 'Old Mavis'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Consolas">... Nothing more, nothing less.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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