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i love the origin of sayings n rhymes so feel free to add
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"Ring a ring of roses pocket full of posies , a tichoo a tichoo we all fall down !!!! nice nursery rhyme all about plague !!!"
Pretty sure I heard somewhere that there is no evidence this was actually about plague - although it sounds plausible
OK here you go if interested...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_a_Ring_o%27_Roses |
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how about.....never cast a cloot till the month o may be oot....one o ma grandas favourates, meaning never go swimming till may is past, in the sea that is.....not that anyone does that anymore without a wetsuit! |
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One for the road!
Outside the jailhouse at the start of the walk to the gallows, there was a pub.
It became traditional for the landlord to give the convicted prisoners one last drink before they started the long walk along the road to the gallows.
This last drink became known as "one for the road" |
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"how about.....never cast a cloot till the month o may be oot....one o ma grandas favourates, meaning never go swimming till may is past, in the sea that is.....not that anyone does that anymore without a wetsuit!"
My papa always told us that meant don't go out without a coat til may was out dusnt matter how sunny it was lol |
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Sure I read this before on a similar thread,but for those who didn't know..............
Giving the two fingered salute.....the v's....fuck off in sign language or whatever you call it,originates from the days archers were still used to fight battles.
If an enemy archer was captured they'd have the 1st two fingers of whichever hand they used to draw the bow with cut off.
So it was first used as a show of defiance on the battlefield by archers to show the enemy they could still draw their bowstrings!
All that time watching documentaries wasn't wasted after all  lol |
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By *ocknrollerMan
over a year ago
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break neck speed
I think comes from vintage bicycles like the penny farthing. The larger the front wheel (drive wheel) the faster the top speed, but the larger the wheel the higher from the ground you were. So further to fall, and you break your neck lol. |
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