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a-l
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Re: old sayings
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Reply #729 on:
Friday 25 October 13 19:24 BST (UK) »
Lol Graham the stork certainly failed in his job
conahy calling
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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"
a-l
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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.
youngtug
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Friday 25 October 13 20:50 BST (UK) »
You've worked that to death.
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Jool
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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
Greensleeves
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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
Suffolk: Pearl(e), Garnham, Southgate, Blo(o)mfield,Grimwood/Grimwade,Josselyn/Gosling
Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
Norway: Torreson/Torsen/Torrison
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youngtug
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Friday 25 October 13 21:03 BST (UK) »
Might as well look at this;
http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/wosdirectorya1.htm
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youngtug
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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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Jool
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Re: old sayings
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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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