Andrew Satchell writes of a "wand":
>The term is related to the Middle English wandaile or wondole ' a share of
>land' or 'a share of common arable' and is found in the Midlands and north
>of England. It is thought to derive from the Old Norse vondr 'a wand, a
>measuring stick', the wand being the means of alloting shares.
I have previously recommended to this list R. D. Connor's book "The
Weights and Measures of England", HMSO for the Science Museum, 1987,
which gives details of all known English weights and measures. Except,
I now find, the wand. Damn.
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Frank Sharman
Wolverhampton, UK.
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