Larrows

I don't think there's a man on earth that would prefer 'cured ham' to a 'spicy dish of eastern origin' Clueless!

 

Ask @Zigs, its a good story.

 

Just been googling again. On another forum someone is saying that his granddad used the term "larrows and medlars" to mean "mind your own business". He's now retired and uses the same phrase to other people in his retirement flat and they understand what it means. He says it's an old Norfolk expression.

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to refer to other forums...lol.

Still doesn't explain what a larrow is though!

 

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/tale-of-tapas.31648/#post-417985

 

Has it got anything to do with this?

'Layovers to catch meddlers'? folk saying & variations - Archiverarchiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com › CARIBBEAN › 2002-0820 Aug 2002 - "Layovers to catch meddlers", "layrolls to catch meddlers", etc. This saying is used ... of MAWDESLEY, in Lancashire, Northwest England. The saying is listed ... is a quick "lar-rows, lar-rows catch meddlers." This means that it ...

 

So where are these Norfolk mountains then Clueless?

I've been puzzling over this one all weekend Zigs.

It's not a word I've come across before and I have a fairly good knowledge of East Anglian dialect. I've also got several books on the local dialect and old country life in this area and a bit of delving into these has so far failed to turn up anything. Haven't given up yet though, so I'll keep looking.

I'll have a word with my daughter too, her job involves travelling around farms all over Norfolk, she knows several 'owd booys' steeped in local lore and knowledge, so maybe one of them will know.

 

I'm not that subtle.....I'd say, "Excuse me love, what's a larrow?!"

 

The rule is not to try to poach members, so no worries

 

I thought you would have been, not like you to let a bit of folk lore past by unnoticed