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steeljack

23-11-2006 02:08

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I have never figured out what "lay-orrs to catch meddlers " are ?
can anybody help ........

cashman

23-11-2006 23:24

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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 339167)

I have never figured out what "lay-orrs to catch meddlers " are ?
can anybody help ........

me mam always used that expression, i wanna know also.

grannyclaret

23-11-2006 23:40

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp (Post 337689)

Busman was taken by surprise the other day when someone asked him to give them 'a lift'. He thought they wanted to go somewhere in the car when actually they were asking for assisance with what they were doing. He'd never heard that before.

That was a very common saying in Burnley,they also said give us a hand ,which meant the same thing

WillowTheWhisp

24-11-2006 07:12

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I don't know if this one has been mentioned before but yesterday I heard a mother say to her daughter "Come on! Shape yourself!" :D What shape would she like her to be I wonder? (That used to be one of my mother's sayings and my usual response)

ANNE	24-11-2006 20:57

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Eee mi mam used t say that has well.

cashman

15-12-2006 23:22

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just remembered another lol me mam used to shake her fist and say i,ll JINK you,where the hell does that come from?:)

steeljack

16-12-2006 04:40

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another is ......do lally , (stark raving mad) anyone any ideas where that comes from ? ...kind of sounds irish ?

WillowTheWhisp

16-12-2006 10:08

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I think it somes form the military sanitorium in Deolali, India. The soldiers who were there waiting there for months to be shipped back home were so bored they went a bit ... well...... doolally.

West Ender

16-12-2006 22:38

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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 339167)

I have never figured out what "lay-orrs to catch meddlers " are ?
can anybody help ........

My dad used to say, when asked what he was doing, "Making layo'ers for meddlers". I once heard that layo'ers were really lay overs, or nets, put over medlars, the fruit that's like a pear, to stop birds pecking them.

Well, it's as good an explanation as any. :D

West Ender

16-12-2006 22:41

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp (Post 339866)

My mum used to say that, too, but my Yorkshire in-laws always said, "Frame yourself". :confused:

steeljack

16-12-2006 22:49

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp (Post 352620)

I think it somes form the military sanitorium in Deolali, India. The soldiers who were there waiting there for months to be shipped back home were so bored they went a bit ... well...... doolally.

a fascinating explanation, ........thanks Willow

WillowTheWhisp

16-12-2006 23:11

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"somes form" :D I must have been half asleep! That should have been "comes from"

steeljack

16-12-2006 23:25

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Originally Posted by West Ender (Post 353025)

thanks for the answer West Ender, I had allways assumed the saying had come out of the cotton mills , something to do with overlookers and tacklers , I'd never heard of Medlars (fruit) before .

cashman

29-12-2006 00:42

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where does this one originate? me dad used to say Behave or you,ll get BANJOED.

cashman

13-01-2008 22:30

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paris n i were nattering last night n she said i'm Vexed at you, lol we both started laughing n said my mam used to say that to me, aint heard that for donkeys years, anyone still say/hear it.:)

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