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Up the dancers!!!!
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Harry | Report | 19 Nov 2008 10:58 |
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My dad always used that expression. Was from Lancashire. |
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Alison | Report | 19 Nov 2008 10:50 |
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I wonder if anybody from East Anglia/Cambridgeshire Area use it to mean bedtime? It seems Molly Dancers originated in this area. My great great grandparents came from Norwich so I wondered if they had used it before they came to Manchester. |
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Jackie | Report | 19 Nov 2008 10:33 |
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I am also fron the north west Alison (Salford) and my parents used to use that phrase when sending us to bed |
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Alison | Report | 19 Nov 2008 10:24 |
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I've found a website (Randompottins - mystery of the Morley Dancers) that refers to "up the Morley Dancers" and "Molly Dancers" but I'm not sure why this dancing craze was associated with bedtime |
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Alison | Report | 19 Nov 2008 09:59 |
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Anybody heard of this phrase. I've used it since I was a nipper. If you google it you cant find any references to it. I would like to know its origins. Wasnt sure if it was a regional thing (I'm in Manchester) as my cousin who was brought up on the Isle of Wight had never heard of it (even though his mum is from Manchester???) |
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