I lived there many years: still have to think about fenders versus
"wings".
"Tom Cobley" was a snatch from a folk story in verse from the edge of
Dartmoor where Sherlock Holmes' Hound (of the Baskervilles) was
set.... Here's one of the verses:

When the wind whistles cold on the moor of the night
All along, down along, out along, lee,
Tom Pearce's old mare doth appear ghastly white,
With Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney,
Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke,
Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all,
Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all."


Brian W

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 21:42:31 -0500, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:



Brian Whatcott wrote:

old uncle tom cobley an all

You gotta be a Brit. Don't think I have ever heard that expression this
side of the pond.