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Old 17-03-2012, 20:12   #462
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Re: Old local expressions

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Originally Posted by walkinman221 View Post
My grandad didn't like to swear so he used to say" blood and sand" when anything went wrong.
My Dad did too.

I never, ever heard him swear, but when he said that, you'd know he was really mad, and so gave him a wide berth for a bit.



I've mentioned it before, and no one really knows where it came from, even though it's apparently not uncommon.

Some think it was from a film, of the same name.
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