Subject: Re: new one
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 17:54:13 -0000



> > i think a 'coomb' is where what we call a 'crick' feeds into the sea,
> > but i'm not sure and too lazy to look it up right now.
> >
> > roger
> >
>
> I heard that it means "valley".
>
> Lorax

I've only heard the word used once, in the south of ireland, to describe a
place in a river where the water got really deep, it was a nice wee
sheltered bit where it didn't flow so fast so was great for swimming but so
deep you couldn't get to the bottom.
H
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