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Subject:
Curious Colonial Word: pidlepoop
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William M <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 29 Sep 2012 08:51:50 -0400
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I have been scanning through hundreds of pages of Orange County Order Books when I came up this entry for 27 Mar 1741:
 
"The Liquor, commonly called pidlepoop or Whiskey, made of rye or any other Grain is rated per Gallon  £ 0, 2, 0 .”
{Two Shillings}
 
Does anyone have  more information about this “Liquor”? Have other references in a diary, etc.? Origin of word?
It’s not in online dictionaries.
 
William Milam
www.milaminvirginia.com
 
 
 
 

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