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Nick Adams

Hand over brush.

An unmarried couple used be described as living 'hand over brush'. Can you explain the origins of this saying?
16:50 Tue 06th Nov 20011 answer, last by andy hughes 19:14 Thu 08th Nov 2001
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Up the Dancers

There is a common saying in the north of England when sending children to bed. The saying is 'get up the dancers'. Can you explain the origins of this saying?
16:48 Tue 06th Nov 20011 answer, last by allen ives 13:55 Thu 08th Nov 2001
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Jack the Ripper

Can you tell me if the poem purporting to have been sent to police by Jack the Ripper that starts with the line 'eight little whores, with no hope of heaven' and ending with the line 'and the last...
15:10 Wed 24th Oct 20012 answers, last by sgs 08:50 Mon 05th Nov 2001

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