The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131472   Message #2969132
Posted By: LadyJean
20-Aug-10 - 01:06 AM
Thread Name: Folk phrase survivals?
Subject: RE: Folk phrase survivals?
My mom was born in 1917, in Western Pennsylvania. She used the phrase "All over Israel", to mean all over the place. She also spoke of potholed streets as "The Rocky Road to Dublin", perhaps because the rocks on the road kept doublin and doublin. (Sorry!)