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Re: Origins - where do sayings come from? [Re: dontomasso] #646626 05/08/12 09:42 PM 05/08/12 09:42 PM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,539 AZ Turnbull
Turnbull Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,539 AZ	"Pull the wool over your eyes": In 17th Century England (and elsehwere) it was common for men to wear large wool wigs. Thieves would pull the wig over the victim's face, and while he was blinded and struggling, grab his goods. Ntra la porta tua lu sangu ï¿½ sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.

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Origins - where do sayings come from?	olivant	05/07/12 05:26 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	klydon1	05/07/12 05:32 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	olivant	05/07/12 06:49 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	Turnbull	05/07/12 08:10 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	Signor Vitelli	05/08/12 09:50 AM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	dontomasso	05/08/12 02:38 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	Sicilian Babe	05/08/12 02:50 AM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	klydon1	05/08/12 03:27 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	dontomasso	05/08/12 07:16 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	Turnbull	05/09/12 01:42 AM