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Re: Old local expressions
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Originally Posted by walkinman221
An expression of anger "blood and sand".
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Originally Posted by garinda
Thanks folks, very interesting. l suspected it may have had to do with fertility, you know rabbits/ spring and at it!
Re: Nori bricks, my Dad never really swore, when we'd pushed him too far he'd say 'Bloody Nori', not really swearing as the bricks are red.
He also used to say 'Blood and sand', which l still don't understand!
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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...unny-8779.html
Still don't really know where 'blood and sand comes from'.
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