Date:  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 19:21:47 -0600

From:  "Timothy C. Frazer" <mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Clabber milk



On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Charlotte Thomas wrote:



> Looking in joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, this lists

> both "clabbered" and "loppered" as meaning sour or curdled milk.

> "Clabbered" is listed as being in use in Munster (republic of

> Ireland) from 1854 to the date of publication (1905), survey 1895.

> Could this be of gaelic origin? Can anyone elucidate on this matter?



I believe Kurath 49 specifically mentions something like [xlaeb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]r] which

occurs in Gaelic.



Tim Frazer



my [ae] = "ash"