Re: OT: baloney and cheese

John Cowan wrote:
> Joe scripsit:
>
[Re: counties]

> Here's the total list of 39:
> ...
> Warwickshire, Westmorland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire.
> (The ridings [historically "thridings", 1/3-parts] of Yorkshire are also
> very old, but not technically geographical counties.)
>
> --
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>
>

Sorry to resurrect a dead thread, but I just noticed the definition of 'ridings'
as 'thridings'. Interesting - and it shows up whoever it was who decided to
divide the Irish county of Tipperary into two parts administratively - "North
Riding" and "Sound Riding". Bloody typical.

-stephen

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