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From: "Cornelia Warner" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] Mary/Martha... & Polly!...and Peggy
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:53:26 -0700
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and Peggy for Margaret...

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From: "Firebird" <>
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Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 4:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Ess] Mary/Martha... & Polly!


> Adrian Gray wrote:
>
>> Apologies for arriving late at the ball - jist picked up my digests for
>> the
>> weekend. I can't add to Mary/Martha but for anyone else wondering why
>> they
>> have lost a Mary and gained a Polly, it seems that Polly was a nickname
>> for
>> anyone named Mary.
>
> I suddenly gained a Patty in my family and spent ages trying to find
> who she was until someone mentioned in passing that it was a petname
> for Martha is Patty.
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