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Thread #4518 Message #24584
Posted By: alison
25-Mar-98 - 06:38 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Do ye ken John Peel?
Subject: RE: Do ye ken John Peel?
Hi,
Can't remember very much.... but there was something about him (or someone else by the name of Peel) being in the police. Therefore police became known as "peelers".