Earsh (noun) () was used in South and West England to describe a Stubble field in which a grain crop – wheat, barley or rye - had been harvested, leaving short stubble or short stalks.History and Antiquities of Horsham, Dorothea E Hurst, Farncombe & Co., Lewes, 1889Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect, W D Parish, 2nd Ed, 1975, p. 39  It is frequently pronounced "ash". It is written also as arrish, arish, eddish or ersh. The field is prepared for seeding by ploughing the stubble into the ground, or burning. Etymology The word as a description for a stubble field is found in medieval tithe maps and their apportionments,A Glossary of the Provincialisms in Use in the County of Sussex, William Durrant Cooper, 2nd ed. (1853), p. 43 and is Saxon in origin. Literary references Fires oft are good on barren earshes made,  With crackling flames to burn the stubble blade Thomas May 1628Translation of Georgics by Virgil, Thomas May, 1628
Earsh (noun) () was used in South and West England to describe a Stubble field in which a grain crop – wheat, barley or rye - had been harvested, leaving short stubble or short stalks.History and Antiquities of Horsham, Dorothea E Hurst, Farncombe & Co., Lewes, 1889Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect, W D Parish, 2nd Ed, 1975, p. 39 The field is prepared for seeding by ploughing the stubble into the ground, or burning. It is frequently pronounced "ash". It is written also as arrish, arish, eddish or ersh. Etymology The word as a description for a stubble field is found in medieval tithe maps and their apportionments,A Glossary of the Provincialisms in Use in the County of Sussex, William Durrant Cooper, 2nd ed. (1853), p. 43 and is Saxon in origin. Literary references Fires oft are good on barren earshes made, It is frequently pronounced "ash". It is written also as arrish, arish, eddish or ersh. With crackling flames to burn the stubble blade Thomas May 1628Translation of Georgics by Virgil, Thomas May, 1628
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The field is prepared for seeding by ploughing the stubble into the ground, or burning.
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The field is prepared for seeding by ploughing the stubble into the ground, or burning.
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It is frequently pronounced "ash". It is written also as arrish, arish, eddish or ersh.