it's never called
'nicky knocky nine doors' is it?
really?
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dipdapdop,
Fri 12 Mar 2004, 20:25,
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It is...
...in the misty pit villages of the North-East yes...
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superbabyproject,
Fri 12 Mar 2004, 20:26,
archived)
he seems to be telling the truth
I just checked with oor lass, and she used to call it that as well.
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Rex Monday,
Fri 12 Mar 2004, 20:29,
archived)
Validated!
0_o
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superbabyproject,
Fri 12 Mar 2004, 20:30,
archived)
Ring-a-bell Skoosh
where I'm from
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gowithnoakes,
Fri 12 Mar 2004, 20:30,
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I assume the Skoosh...
..stands for the running away?
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superbabyproject,
Fri 12 Mar 2004, 20:32,
archived)
indeed
but it can also mean "soak" and "fizzy pop"
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gowithnoakes,
Fri 12 Mar 2004, 20:36,
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we have
"knock-a-door-run"
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The Wigmeister,
Fri 12 Mar 2004, 20:37,
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I
used to have a bizarre geography teacher who was under the fond impression that it was known at "rat-a-tat-tat ginger". Now tell me nicky knocky nine doors is weird.
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Nimble Colin camera-wrangling, globe-trotting whisky enthusiast,
Fri 12 Mar 2004, 20:38,
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