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Forum: Questions and Answers 08-05-2012, 01:47
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Posted By keith higson
Re: Old local expressions

I'll "side" the table (Clear everything off it)
Forum: Questions and Answers 08-09-2011, 12:48
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Posted By keith higson
Re: Old local expressions

My Mum also used to say "Are you reading that Paper your sat on?"
Forum: Questions and Answers 06-09-2011, 00:33
Replies: 727
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Posted By keith higson
Re: Old local expressions

In between lapses of memoryI recall a couple of my mothers sayings "Gormless" and "Gawking" .
Forum: Questions and Answers 05-09-2011, 22:58
Replies: 727
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Posted By keith higson
Re: Old local expressions

What about "Living over the Brush (Defacto relationship)" also "Don't moither me ( meaniong to bother, pester etc)
Forum: Questions and Answers 05-09-2011, 22:29
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Posted By keith higson
Re: Old local expressions

Whilst "favour him/her etc" may have meant "looks like - Margaret Pilkington" it also meant "prefer or "to lean towards someone".
Forum: Questions and Answers 03-09-2011, 00:16
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Views: 35,684
Posted By keith higson
Re: Old local expressions

Another of Mums sayings was "I favour him/her etc......_
Forum: Questions and Answers 27-08-2011, 00:47
Replies: 727
Views: 35,684
Posted By keith higson
Re: Old local expressions

Another favourite saying from my Mum was "He/She was a fret worker (worked a week fretted for months).
Forum: Questions and Answers 21-08-2011, 01:06
Replies: 727
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Posted By keith higson
Re: Old local expressions

My mum always said that she would side the table (for those that have never heard this expression she meant that she would tidy the table up)
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