And from Cheshire, it was sky blue pink with a finny haddy border. I never
asked but assumed that finny haddy stood for Finnan haddock, but maybe
not! (At least it would still be a yellow border!)
Sue
- Original Message -
From: Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net
To: Sue Duckles
Anyone from Cheshire explain this one definitely? If not, I'll get
Chris to find out on Saturday while he's across there if he gets chance!
Sue in E Yorkshire (the decent side of the country.. (comment
designed to wind up Lancastrians.) LOL
On 15 May 2009, at 00:04, Sue Babbs wrote:
In message e17c004f031249f7ad69d0a717b5d...@study, Sue Babbs
sueba...@comcast.net writes
And from Cheshire, it was sky blue pink with a finny haddy border. I never
asked but assumed that finny haddy stood for Finnan haddock, but maybe
not! (At least it would still be a yellow border!)
Mom
And my mother in central Ohio used sky blue pink with a heavenly
border - usually to answer one of those unanswerable childhood
questions about what color the curtains were going to be... It kept
me puzzling for years!
And from Cheshire, it was sky blue pink with a finny haddy border. I
I was raised hearing 'sky blue pink' from my parents and grandparents, so the
expression crossed the pond. I live in the far west of the USA. I have no
English ancestors but they picked it up from somewhere.
Alice in Oregon -- where my black cat just caught two mice in the basement and
