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Old 03-09-2011, 20:39   #287
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Old local expressions

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Originally Posted by keith higson View Post
Another of Mums sayings was "I favour him/her etc......_
meaning you look like him or her......except in our neck of the woods it was......Well, he cuddent ged eauwt o thad un......that babby favvers him to a T'
Or 'dun't he favver thi father(to rhyme with lather)?'

Camping...gassing - having a good old gossip...over the back yard wall or on the front step(or stoop).

Said of someone lucky......eeh, if he fell off co-op, he'd land in't divvy.
Said of someone unlucky ...eeh if he fell in a barrel of t*ts, he'd come up sucking his thumb(sorry about the last one...done in the name of balance).
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