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From: "Ian Clough" <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Re: Lair
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 08:51:57 +0100
References: <012301c5caab$951dbe60$8ca137d2@Stirling> <43459D31.9010809@blueyonder.co.uk>


A lair is where an animal habitually lies down. If you sink in the mud (or
in the vernacular 'the clarts') then your are laired. A lair is a burial
plot (easy to see where that came from) and it usually refers to just one
hole in the ground but my McBains in Rathven cemetery are all together but
have three lair numbers (no markers) and therefore we have to presume that
they are in three separate graves.
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Cuthbert" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 10:54 PM
Subject: [ABERDEEN] Re: Lair


> I wonder if someone could help me with a description of what exactly a
> lair is? The reason for the request is that I've now found a lair that
> seems to contain at least the husband, two wives a daughter and a son,
> it could be a bit crowded!!
> Derek Cuthbert
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