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Old 16-12-2006, 22:38   #84
West Ender
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Re: lost dialect

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Originally Posted by steeljack View Post
I have never figured out what "lay-orrs to catch meddlers " are ?
can anybody help ........

My dad used to say, when asked what he was doing, "Making layo'ers for meddlers". I once heard that layo'ers were really lay overs, or nets, put over medlars, the fruit that's like a pear, to stop birds pecking them.

Well, it's as good an explanation as any.
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