Obviously the mother then, Mary.. She filled it in herself (the 1911 census is the only one where the original pages were not destroyed). Poor girl, she probably went from school at 15...
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Lead pencils are apparently so called because graphite was (wrongly) believed to be a form of lead:
Pencil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Originally posted by kiki1982 View PostObviously the mother then, Mary.. She filled it in herself (the 1911 census is the only one where the original pages were not destroyed). Poor girl, she probably went from school at 15...
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From the Concise Oxford Dictionary (which isn't THAT concise as it runs to over 1200 pages of very small print, lol)
Swage 1. Die or stamp for shaping wrought iron etc
Swage-block:1. With a variety of perforations, grooves etc for shaping metal.
2. Shape with swage, from f.F - s(o)uage, decorative groove, unknown origin.
And from the same dictionary:
Pencil. 2. To mark lightly as with a LEAD pencil.
(OK, I concede that "lead pencil" means a graphite pencil! You won't deny me black lead for grates though, surely?)
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Originally posted by Olde Crone Holden View PostFrom the Concise Oxford Dictionary (which isn't THAT concise as it runs to over 1200 pages of very small print, lol)
Swage 1. Die or stamp for shaping wrought iron etc
Swage-block:1. With a variety of perforations, grooves etc for shaping metal.
2. Shape with swage, from f.F - s(o)uage, decorative groove, unknown origin.
(OK, I concede that "lead pencil" means a graphite pencil! You won't deny me black lead for grates though, surely?)
Erm...
"Black lead...
A black mineral form of carbon, also known as graphite or plumbago, that
actually contains no lead".
RootsWeb: GLAMORGAN-L Re: black leading
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