Jo Ann lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia, but grew up in England. She remembers that when her brother was mopey during family trips to visit their grandparents in Devon, their grandfather would tell him “Get that black dog off your back...
Charlie Pierce of Devon, England, describes the UK tradition of wetting the baby’s head, a pub outing for a new or expectant father before the baby arrives. Friends buy the rounds, and the father-to-be is not supposed to pay for any of them. The...
1661
n.— «I’m a 1661 woman—sixteen from behind, sixty one from the front.» —Grumpy old woman (Barnstaple, Devon, United Kingdom) Feb. 24, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)