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Old 09-09-2011, 23:21   #364
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Re: Old local expressions

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Originally Posted by garinda View Post
I used to think it odd that a girl I knew, from the wilds of Yorkshire, called what we'd say was a funfair, a 'feast'.

Until I realised that fairs would have been held on feast day, in days gone by.

Even if they didn't have waltzers, and dodgem cars.

Quite sweet, it's still in usage.
Reminds me of one, "Shes town bike"
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