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Chris -- 2018-04-11
My mother Bridie Cummings is razor sharp but like many others of her generation had to leave school at 14. When she heard the phrase ‘common or garden’ ( to mean anything ordinary or often found) she interpreted it as ‘communal garden’ – something that many people shared an understanding of.
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