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Thread #152552   Message #3568541
Posted By: GUEST,gower el bombero
20-Oct-13 - 12:37 PM
Thread Name: Folklore-Origin: I'll go to the foot of our stairs
Subject: RE: Folklore: Origin:I'll go to the foot of our stairs
Not able to help on the original query but on the wider issue of local sayings around the West Midlands / Black Country area, my mother (and others) used the following expression (in the dialect) "Yow bay osterd ay".

This was usually in response to someone who was being a bit offensive or challenging; it is directly translated as " You are not as high as a horse turd"- or more loosely "You are a little person who is not worth listening to".