Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 21:44:03 -0500

From: Peggy Smith dj611[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU

Subject: help with a word history



Is there anyone who can provide me with a brief history of the phrase

"welsh (or welch) on a bet"? Does it have an ethnic origin and if so,

what exactly is the stereotype I have been inadvertently perpetrating

in using the expression?



Thanks for your help.



Peggy Smith