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graham[_4_]

On 12/30/2016 1:51 PM, Je�us wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:35:54 -0400, wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 06:18:13 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>>
>>> On 30 Dec 2016 19:11:56 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2016-12-30, graham > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Every xmas my Mother would bake a skep full of mince pies, the same
>>>>> quantity of sausage rolls and also of Suffolk rusks.......
>>>>
>>>> Excuse me, but what language are you speaking? Seriously.
>>>
>>> jes looks like plain old English to me.
>>
>> 'ees from Suffolk
>
> 'skep' was new to me (although the context made it self explanatory),
> but other than that, all easy enough to understand.
>
A skep in this context, is a very large, tapering, circular wicker
basket. The ones at home were about 16" in diameter at the top and
16-18" deep.