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Old 19-05-2012, 15:47   #535
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Old local expressions

as for going to bed...at our house there were a variety of expressions used.
'Up the wooden hill (to bedlam)'
'going to the blanket fair'
'going up the dilly dancers to bedfordshire'

I have no idea where any of these came from.
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