Re: Old local expressions
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I've remembered it now......'it's all mi eye and betty martin'(meaning it's nonsense or unbelievable)...amazing when you stop trying so hard it comes to you.
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Never heard that, but others have.
World Wide Words: All my eye and Betty Martin
Bit too papist for us Methodists.
Plus it sounds a little like you're cursing your great granny.
Or it would in our house.

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