At 05:48 PM 2/17/04 -0500, Judith Bongiovanni wrote: >Could someone tell me what I have missed. What is a possie? What is the >derivation of the word?
It's from "possum comitatus" and refers to a group of temporarily-deputized citizens on horseback. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the snow has melted and re-frozen. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
