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marwel7 | 19:23 Sat 23rd Aug 2008 | Phrases & Sayings
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In the phrase "goig like the clappers" what were the clappers?
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The clappers on the bells of hell....which presumably went pretty fast.
21:40 Sat 23rd Aug 2008
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Hell's bells!
03:34 Sun 24th Aug 2008
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The answers above provide the most likely answer; however, as regards the origin of the phrase, if you click here
you'll be offered a page with about twenty versions of the same question. Clicking on each of these will reveal a raft of suggestions, including the idea that it is from wartime RAF usage and the one that it refers to people clapping at a 'happy-clappy' type of religious service. They're worth reading just for interest's sake.
08:21 Sun 24th Aug 2008
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Many thanks.After I set the question I wondered if it had anything to do with bells.
16:00 Sun 24th Aug 2008

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