Rorming - Is It A Real Word?

[Bert]

When I was young, about 50 years ago, my father used to say that a restless child was 'rorming', i.e moving about aimlessly, unable to settle down. The word is not in my dictionary. Does anybody out there know the word? We lived on the Lancashire/ Cheshire border, if that's any help.

[saxy_jag]

When we were kids and impatiently reaching across the table at mealtimes for salt, drinks etc. my mum would always tell us to stop our 'reaching and rorming'. She said she got it from her grandfather whom I believe was barely literate and given to using a wide variety of daft and nonsensical phrases. Hence I always used to think it was a made-up word too, until I read your question.

[saxy_jag]

I should mention, we're Leicester folk and come from several generations of same.