My grandmother had to 'hap' quilts. They were made out of wool and flannel. The heat wasn't the best in her house and she had 'hap' quilts on every bed. As it turned out when she passed away every aunt and my uncle and mother got one. BTW she was from southern Indiana.

Interesting - this sounds exactly like the style of quilts my grandmother usually made (wool blocks, tied, very warm, very heavy), but as far as I know she never called them that. Just "quilts". She was born in Iowa and moved to CA in her late teens.

In the old south quilts were called quivers, a form of the word cover and quilt (?). I never heard of hap before. How fun to know this about quilts.

Never heard that word before, must be regional.(hap)......nor have I heard quivers---- maybe to keep you from quivering in the cold night air....

just wondering.......those haps - washing them must have been a chore....wet wool...........

very interesting read. never heard of them. Like geri B says, washing must have been a chore. can you imagine washing one of those in the dead of winter, (little kids getting sick on it). how heavy they must have been.

In the Disney Movie So Dear to My Heart, there are lots of quilts and they are called quivers. This movie is fantastic family film is you haven't seen it. Burl Ives stars and sings Lavender Blue.

I've heard "kivvers". Always thought it was another word for covers.

Just looked up "hap" in Oxford Engl. Dictionary--it's a northern (Gr. Brit) dialect word for a covering of any kind. One entry suggests it's a rough/heavy covering. A heavy quilt or a tarp both qualify. (It's an old word; latest entry was 1872.)

I think kivers and quivers are the same meaning just depends on what part of the country you are. LOL

I do a lot of reading & have come across the word quiver once or twice, but not hap. This is a fascinating discussion; I love to hear about words that are regional or derived from a foreign word. Thanks for the information!