jan 1, 1661 - brogging nets
Description:
The verb ‘to brog’ has a number of meanings and the OED has a late reference to ‘fishing for eels, called brogging’. The connection with fishing is explicit earlier in a Colne Valley court roll: 1661-3 <i>Item, we lay in payne that no person or persons shall fish with rod, net or broginnets</i>, Golcar (DD/SR/6).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1661
Now
~ 364 years ago