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(...) (just guessing) Typos? ;) A farrier is someone who shoes horses. A cobbler is someone who shoes people. I think that's the two professions he was mentioning. James (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) A ferrier is someone who maintains or operates a ferry - fairly important work if your town is located near or on a river. Hobbler? No idea. A cobbler is a shoemaker, but that's the only similar sounding word I can think of. (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ?? I've never heard this before. I'm only familiar with 'ferryman' as a term. A farrier is someone who shoes horses, though. James (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Neg, as the other James pointed out, a Ferrier is someone who shoes horses...like my wife's old boss in Victoria. (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I know he used to post on RTL back in 1995 or so - I recognize the email address. He posted with the pseudonym "Ace Maze," I think. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No -- Mike is correct. A farrier shoes horses, a ferrier operates a ferry. Check out Websters -- or dictionary.com F (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I saw part of an Arctic set commercial this weekend. Timbo (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, a fErrier is someone who maintains or operates a ferry. ferrier \Fer"ri*er\, n. A ferryman. --Calthrop A fArrier is someone who shoes horses. Both probably look the same, even going a ways back, but I would guess that ferrier is (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Interesting... dictionary.com cites Websters (1996 ed) as it's source for 'ferrier', but m-w.com has no entry. There's also no source/etemolgy at dictionary.com... Neat. I wonder what the hardcopy of Webster's says... James (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) A crossroads may also be the center of town, but that would probably make the town less of the "backwards village" Pawel seems to want. (...) This is highly terrain dependant. Watermills would probably be more likely, as a windmill would (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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