Mould-on-the-Wold

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Debi" <joeydebs at ...> wrote:
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> Carol:
> <snip>

Carol, realizing that she should have checked a British dictionary and hoping that someone will
> 
> According to the Collins English Dictionary which I just grabbed off my shelf (and I am British):
> 
> Mould (U.S. mold)
> 
> 1. a shaped cavity used to give a definite form to fluid or plastic material (and about eight other similar definitions!)
> 2. a coating of discoloration caused by various saprophytic fungi that develop in a damp atmosphere on the suface of stored food, fabrics, wallpaper, etc. (and a couple of similar definitions)
> 3. loose soil esp. when rich in organic matter (and in poetic usage, the earth)
> 
> I agree with you that it is probably the third meaning, but I find it amusing to think it might be the second. XD
~Debi

Geoff:
Personally, I think that Mould-on-the-Wold is a wizarding village in the Cotswolds famous for its jelly-making.
:-)