1 gen 1642 anni - gimmer

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A female sheep between the first and second shearing. 1520 <i>to Annes Pullan, ij gimars</i>, Thruscross (SS104/12); 1554 <i>10 gymmars worth 17s</i>, Acomb (YRS131/6); 1561 <i>a pricke horned gymmer</i>, Bardsey (Th27/356); 1639 <i>Item 18 gimers, two Tups,</i> Swinsty (YRS134/89). The word was actually used in several compound forms: 1524 <i>sex gymmers hoggys</i>, Pannal (SS104/19); 1556 <i>Item I bequeath to my doughter Marye Crofte a gymmer hogge, and to euery one of her iiij children ... a gimmer lambe</i>, Bardsey (Th27/58); 1642 <i>Ewes are such as have beene twice shorne or clipped; for from lambinge time ... till clippinge time ... they are called gimmer lambes; and from that time till clippinge time come againe, they are called gimmer hogges. Then after they are once shorn, they are called gimmer shearings</i>, Elmswell (DW4).

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