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Re: old sayings
« Reply #729 on: Friday 25 October 13 19:24 BST (UK) »
Lol Graham the stork certainly failed in his job

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« Reply #730 on: Friday 25 October 13 20:33 BST (UK) »
Not the gooseberry bush or mulberry with us.  It used to be "found you under a head of cabbage"

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« Reply #731 on: Friday 25 October 13 20:38 BST (UK) »
Conahy is that a local saying ? I have never heard that one before.

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« Reply #732 on: Friday 25 October 13 20:50 BST (UK) »
You've worked that to death.

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« Reply #733 on: Friday 25 October 13 20:52 BST (UK) »
Cough it up, it might be a gold watch  ???
Robbins - Wolverhampton.
Spooner - Monmouthshire & Wolverhampton.
Warner & Loundes - Dudley/West Bromwich.
Dod(g)son - Heysham/Liverpool/Wolverhampton

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« Reply #734 on: Friday 25 October 13 20:54 BST (UK) »
I wonder if anyone is making notes of all these sayings.  Might be worth bring it out in paperback form  ;D
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Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
Norway: Torreson/Torsen/Torrison
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« Reply #736 on: Friday 25 October 13 22:03 BST (UK) »
Give 'em enough rope and they will hang themselves

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« Reply #737 on: Friday 25 October 13 22:21 BST (UK) »
Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile
Robbins - Wolverhampton.
Spooner - Monmouthshire & Wolverhampton.
Warner & Loundes - Dudley/West Bromwich.
Dod(g)son - Heysham/Liverpool/Wolverhampton
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