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From: "Betty McCollum" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Off subject - old expressions
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:37:03 -0700
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I read once, years ago, that the saying, "Well, I'll swan" was derived from
"Well, I'll swoon."
Betty Mc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Miller" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Off subject - old expressions


> Don, from the other Pat,
> I think it came from I'll swear, but wasn't acceptable in gentle
> company. Of course (as my Mom always says) I could be wrong.
> Pat Miller
> Don Ott wrote:
> > Pat,
> > Do you think the "I'll Swan" might have come from "I'll
> > Swoon" (to faint). As I recall it was always used when someone was
> > surprised or startled.
> > Don
> >
> >
> > At 12:03 PM 22-08-06, you wrote:
> >
> >> Not remembering many right now, but here's a couple.
> >>
> >> Do remember "I'll Swan" (never did understand what that was all about,
"By
> >> the Grace of God and a long handled spoon" was another. A young lady
maybe
> >> misbehaving might have "jumped the traces", a child born out of
wedlock, "a
> >> woods colt".
> >>
> >> A pallet on the floor for guests, "a cousins bed".
> >>
> >> I'm sure the rest of you have many many more...........
> >> Pat
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Wilma King" <>
> >> To: <>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:20 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Off subject - old expressions
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> In a very old letter saved in my grandmother's round top trunk, my
great
> >>> grandmother wrote that she was "well as common". And an expression
I
> >>> well
> >>> remember was grandma's "Soooooo pity full".
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> Wilma King
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Wilma Norton" <>
> >>> To: "ARIZARD-L" <>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:00 AM
> >>> Subject: [ARIZARD] Off subject - old expressions
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I'm not sure why, but my daughter and I got to trying to remember
some of
> >>>> the expressions we used to hear from grandparents, aunts, etc. and I
came
> >>>> up with only one -- "mad as an ole biddy hen".
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm sure some of you must remember some of them, and if you'll share,
I
> >>>> would appreciate it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Wilma
> >>>>
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