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Thread #136860 Message #3127664
Posted By: Marje
03-Apr-11 - 11:50 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Childhood words for truanting?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Childhood words for truanting?
When I was growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1950s/60s, our word for truanting was "mitching", which I see is also recorded in Devon.
Our truce word was "Pax" or Paxie", accompanied by crossed fingers.