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Title: Need help on hand writing
Post by: louis665 on Sunday 05 May 19 14:04 BST (UK)
The recognised part is ‘To Miss Bennett,4th Nov. a souvenir from the’.... with the unrecognised as attached.
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: Ruskie on Sunday 05 May 19 14:05 BST (UK)
... the girls of the house of "maw" or "man" ....?

(it might help if we can see more of the writing and if you give us more information on context)
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: louis665 on Sunday 05 May 19 14:24 BST (UK)
Thanks,Ruskie. Unfortunately,this is all the words from a label in a box.
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: josey on Sunday 05 May 19 14:29 BST (UK)
I'd go with 'Maw'. Maybe 'Maw' was a name for 'Ma' - the head of some sort of house for 'girls'?
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: hallmark on Sunday 05 May 19 14:33 BST (UK)
Must be a very big label.

Have made it smaller so maybe more legible!

the girls of the house of "maw"
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: Gadget on Sunday 05 May 19 14:40 BST (UK)
Could you put up the first part - To Miss  Bennett, etc.

This would help to distinguish between an n and a w


Gadget
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: louis665 on Sunday 05 May 19 17:25 BST (UK)
Thanks All!As attached.

Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: loobylooayr on Sunday 05 May 19 17:32 BST (UK)
Hiya -

Another one for - from the girls of the house of "maw"  

Looby
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: Jool on Sunday 05 May 19 17:40 BST (UK)
It seems the word Maw is a Scottish term for mother/mom according to this website (I've never heard of it before)

http://www.scotranslate.com/translate/scottish/maw/1/443#.XM8Ra2zsbIU

Josey has already suggested this  :)
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: loobylooayr on Sunday 05 May 19 17:47 BST (UK)
It seems the word Maw is a Scottish term for mother/mom according to this website (I've never heard of it before)

http://www.scotranslate.com/translate/scottish/maw/1/443#.XM8Ra2zsbIU

Josey has already suggested this  :)

Yes - Maw is a term for mother in Scotland.

So - a souvenir from the girls of Mother's house?   

Looby :)

Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: josey on Sunday 05 May 19 17:55 BST (UK)
I suggested that 'Maw' was an affectionate name for the woman that ran or managed a group of girls in a house; Miss Bennett must have known that was how the girls were described or described themselves. May even have been a matron or housekeeper & the girls were under her management; or maybe even the house at a boarding school.
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: Karen McDonald on Monday 06 May 19 08:07 BST (UK)
Bit of a very long shot:
Maybe they were at Magdalene College, Cambridge?

Best regards,
Karen


Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: Gadget on Monday 06 May 19 09:49 BST (UK)
Bit of a very long shot:
Maybe they were at Magdalene College, Cambridge?

Best regards,
Karen

Good thinking,Karen  :)

Louis - do you know anything about Miss Bennett or even what was with the labelin the box, who owned it or how found?

Gadget
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: Gadget on Monday 06 May 19 10:07 BST (UK)
Just checked admission of females - it was the last of the Cambridge colleges to admit females - 1988, so .........
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: Karen McDonald on Monday 06 May 19 10:51 BST (UK)

"The college was the last to accept female students in 1988 – a decision that was greeted by protestors wearing black armbands"   (:-X)

"When women were first admitted to the college, Magdalene students wore black armbands to protest and flew the college flag at half mast. Magdalene students also reportedly marched around Cambridge carrying a coffin decrying the expected demise of the college. The college’s academic results swiftly began to improve and it rose up the Tompkins table as women were admitted".  (;D)
Title: Re: Need help on hand writing
Post by: BushInn1746 on Wednesday 15 May 19 21:22 BST (UK)
'Maw' is definitely a surname too.

the girls of the house of "Maw"

'house' can also mean family in this context, so to me it also means ... the girls of the family of Maw, in other words ... the girls of the Maw family.

I know this to be the case re surname, because when looking through Yorkshire Probate Will Registers at the Borthwick, I came across Mawhood and I've also discovered Maw was a surname in its own right.

Added some Family Pedigrees are titled House of ... surname.

Mark