dancers (was: Thoughtful Opinions-To )

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Sounds awful! I'm sure glad we don't have any of those here! :-)

Inger

> We have dancers in England and it is a very old custom - one

that I do not know that much about - but they wear bells and dance

around, sometimes waving hankies, other times with sticks - I think

the leader has his face painted black and white and carries a blown

up pigs bladder on a stick - I thought it was a baloon when I saw it

at first.

> > We have a similar saying in Sweden. Here it alludes to the penny

> (or

> > tioöring in our case) falling down in a pay-phone, meaning that

> you

> connect

> > (= finally get it).

> >

> > Something I've always found funny is the English " you're pulling

my

> leg "

> > (having me on, kidding me). And even funnier when they take it a

> step

> > further and say " pull the other one, it's got bells on it " . But

> where did

> > that one come from?

> >

> > Inger

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