Posted by Prue Eckett on June 12, 2003 at 22:27:12 from 210.86.77.168 user Prue_Eckett.
In Reply to: Re: Fortnights was Re: Dick's Pocket Book - Bird Notes. posted by John Nichols on June 12, 2003 at 18:07:03:
Fascinating - I'd read the term 'sennight' in several Regency novels but never quite knew how long it meant. Don't you just love little particles of fact? I once won a Trivia evening with a small group simply because I knew what a young pigeon was called.
Any takers?