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Written by John McCullagh   
Wednesday, 02 February 2005
The Pahvee went on,
 
‘There was this woman, I sold her plenty of things times before and there was a long garden at the back of her house and I said to her,
 
‘Come down here a minute.  I want to talk to you.’




She knew what I wanted but she said to me, says she,
 
‘What do you want?’
 
‘I have great value in blankets!’ I said.
 
‘For God’s sake,’ says she,
 
‘sure I have great value in them myself!’


Do I have to explain?

The expression, 'have great value in' locally means, 'to have the best of fun in ...'






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