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Old 16-03-2012, 20:51   #438
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Re: Old local expressions

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Originally Posted by stetrovers View Post
How's about Left Leggers, a person of the Catholic faith...
Never heard of it but Wikipedia says Used in the Republic of Ireland to describe a Protestant, usually from Northern Ireland.

Urban Dictionary says If a Catholic altar boy kneels on only his left knee, priests would scold him. They say that Catholics kneel on their right knee, and Protestants kneel on their left knee. Those familiar with this explanation sometimes call Protestants left-leggers.
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