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Originally Posted by garinda
agate busy, on the go (Lancashire)
That always makes me laugh, though I think they have the meaning wrong, or I've never heard it used in that context.
I've always understood it to be the past tense of say, as in 'She were agate to me'.
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When I was younger and used 'agate' I always thought it meant 'told' i.e. he were agate - he told me.
When I used 'agate' my mum, in her efforts to stamp it out of me, always said, 'five bar or wrought iron'. It was particularly annoying so I did stop using it many years ago.