Re: Pull devil, pull baker


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Posted by Adam Quinan on February 17, 2005 at 08:37:26 from 65.48.152.132 user Adam.

In Reply to: Pull devil, pull baker posted by Pam Adams on February 16, 2005 at 22:57:55:

Its not a specifically Norfolk phrase. My mother who may never have been to Notfolk used to use it when trying to get a tight sweater off us over our heads.
It seems to have been a fairly common expression in the 19th and early 20th century.


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