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Old 17-09-06, 22:18
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Default Re: Rag a bonefor a donkey stone

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Originally Posted by Kiki View Post
I think ive told this tale beforethat i actually bought something off the rag and bone man-- It was a pony skin coat, tan and white cost me £2-00,1920 so in the late sixty,s if you had seen this weird woman in a coat walking around Burnley it was me! the strange thing was i couldnt sit down in it as it was so stiff! So it was hardly practical, waterproof though but didnt keep it long
Probably came from the donkey that pulled the cart, seemingly that is why they were originally called donkey stones .. tee hee.
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