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From: Pat Miller <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Off subject - old expressions
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:46:01 -0500
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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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