In a message dated 18/12/2004 18:59:24 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > >No wonder it wasn't in your dictionaries! Mine says that moly is > >a mythical > >herb with a black root and milk-white flowers that Hermes gave to > >Odysseus. > > Just listened to a program on the internet from Radio 4 that I only caught the end bit of when I was driving a week ago. It was a history of Little Richard's songs and I was taken back by the fact that Good Golly Miss Molly was using slang which was in common usage in the UK in the 1640s - a molly or moly was a male prostitute and I was interested that the spelling for a moly from the 1640s was the same as the moly in these emails. Well, it's back to sleep for me and my flu! Regards Liz in London I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
