Cob: Re: tabby ?

[Tony Palmieri]

----- Original Message -----
From: John Fordice <otherfish at home.com>
To: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 7:52 AM
Subject: Cob: tabby ?

Sounds like the TABBY John is speaking about is pise. It is a "cob" mixture
used in many of the old forts and buildings in St. Augustine that included a
lot of shells and sand in the mix. I haven't heard much else about pise, but
since I live in Florida, any cob mixture with coquina (shell) rock and sand
would sound sustainable, cheap, and locally available. Would it make good
cob? Anyone care to comment?
> Go'day cobbers.
> Here is a question to all.
> I just this AM discovered this definition of "tabby" as a building
material.
> Sounds pretty local & natural to me.
> I realize it's not cob, but thought it might be something the list might
> like to chew on a bit.
> So if anybody knows a bit about this, please share it to the list.
> ......
> TABBY = (in the region of) South Atlantic U.S. -  A mixture of oyster
> shells, lime, sand, and water
> used as a building material.
>
> regards to all
>
> john fordice
> TCCP