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Old 09-05-2010, 17:16   #33
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Re: Come again ? or what does that mean !

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington View Post
yes Retlaw......witchered is derived from 'Wet shod'.......I like Lancashire dialect......my grandad spoke it well. In fact many people at the end of his life could not understand him at all.
it is sad that it is a dying dialect.
I remember "witchered" ... although it used to sound more like "witchurt" ... 'cause I used to get my arse tanned when the puddles got in over the top of my wellies.
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