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Offline Maggie.

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Re: Handwriting Issue
« Reply #9 on: Friday 12 April 13 09:50 BST (UK) »
'fugi silk shirt'

Definition of fugi silk:-

http://www.textileglossary.com/terms/fuji-silk.html
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Re: Handwriting Issue
« Reply #10 on: Friday 12 April 13 09:55 BST (UK) »
Could it be "nipping on a foment".
Reason I say that is I think the first letter of sipping/supping/nipping is an "n".....I have trouble with it being an "s"
OBrien had just been poisened and he had been trying to drink mustard and water to help him vomit and also a Dr had given him a needle to help him bring up the poison...
I think "nipping on a foment" could be it.
Sadly he would die within an hour of the event we are trying to transcribe here on this posting.
Thank you all so much.
Mae

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Re: Handwriting Issue
« Reply #11 on: Friday 12 April 13 09:58 BST (UK) »
I think he was sitting on a form ... it says at the end that his face was between his hands so that might suggest he wasn't holding a glass or a bottle.
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Re: Handwriting Issue
« Reply #12 on: Friday 12 April 13 10:05 BST (UK) »
What a sad story maeeye and it makes this piece very interesting.  I can see what you mean about it possibly being an 'n' followed by a barely visible 'i', however I cannot see 'foment'.

The 's's throughout are very variable.
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Re: Handwriting Issue
« Reply #13 on: Friday 12 April 13 10:09 BST (UK) »
I agree with you Maggie, his 's's are somewhat inconsistent.
Suffolk: Pearl(e),  Garnham, Southgate, Blo(o)mfield,Grimwood/Grimwade,Josselyn/Gosling
Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
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Re: Handwriting Issue
« Reply #14 on: Friday 12 April 13 10:13 BST (UK) »
If maeeye's thoughts on it being 'foment' then either 'nipping' or 'supping' would fit.  :)
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Re: Handwriting Issue
« Reply #15 on: Friday 12 April 13 10:41 BST (UK) »
As a foment (according to my googling) is an externally applied warm, moist poultice, would he be likely to be supping or nipping on it?  Of course my medical knowledge is zero so I am happy to be corrected.
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Re: Handwriting Issue
« Reply #16 on: Friday 12 April 13 10:56 BST (UK) »
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OBrien had just been poisened and he had been trying to drink mustard and water to help him vomit 


Could this mustard and water concoction be the ingredients of a handy mustard poultice? If he was desperate enough it might have been the only thing that was hastily to hand?

I suspect I'm getting fanciful and I'm still not happy that the word says 'foment'.
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Re: Handwriting Issue
« Reply #17 on: Friday 12 April 13 11:08 BST (UK) »
I agree Maggie, I'm not sure it's 'foment'.  Who actually wrote this account?  Was it someone likely to use the word 'foment'?
Suffolk: Pearl(e),  Garnham, Southgate, Blo(o)mfield,Grimwood/Grimwade,Josselyn/Gosling
Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
Norway: Torreson/Torsen/Torrison
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