[Magdalen] Plain Speech.

[Scott Knitter]

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A swale isn't a ditch as one would think of a ditch but a low-lying area,
> a trough between ridges.   It can be natural or manmade, but its purpose
> isn't to direct water anywhere, but hold it


Sounds almost Scottish, like "wain" for "child." Aye, the wains be wet from
playin' in the swales. (Or something.)


-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA