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Old 27-08-2011, 22:01   #227
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Re: Old local expressions

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington View Post
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.
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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