LL-L "Sayings" 2002.06.10 (06) [E]

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From: Edwin Alexander <edsells at cogeco.ca>
Subject: LL-L "Sayings" 2002.06.10 (02) [E]

At 08:42 AM 06/10/02 -0700, Steve Feld wrote:
>My Dad and I learned a great deal about our family history while there,
>and even possible
>solved the mystery of the orgin of:
>
>Ollie, Ollie oxen free!!

Well, where I grew up, just north of Chicago, we would say, "Ollie,
ollie,
in come freedom".  I had always theorized that it was derived from Old
or
Middle English, "All ye, all ye, in-come freedom."

Ed Alexander
  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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