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