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From: Pryse Duerfeldt <>
Subject: Re: What is ? occupation
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 21:24:33 -0500
In-Reply-To: <002001c1c18b$ef763180$4aca6395@b311260>


This seems like old ground. A "fly" was a push (or pull) cart. A fly
farmer was one who sold his farming produce from such a cart. We have
truck farmers today with much the same occupation.

Pryse
Marquette, Michigan, USA


At 08:45 PM 03/01/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a feeling I am going to hate myself for asking this..:o) What is a Fly
> farmer? I am an avid fly fisher-person but this one stumped me.
>
>thanks Bryn
>
>Brynda Ashton-Jones
>Ontario
>Canada

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