[Margaret Pilkington]

When I was little..... if we were caught listening to adult conversation and asked who they were talking about, my mother used to say 'im int neet wi't rag arm'.... to translate this it meant 'him in the night with the rag arm'.....it used to fair frighten me to death......another one was, if we asked what something was for, Mother used to say 'layo'ers for meddlers and crutches for lame ducks' and I haven't a clue what this meant other than stop asking daft questions.