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MissDon | 23:19 Sun 01st Apr 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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Why 'beyond the pale'?
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The boundary of the city of Dublin ( Ireland ) in the Middle Ages was known as" the pale". Therefore if you lived beyond the pale you were an outsider.
21:00 Mon 02nd Apr 2001
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The Dublin boundary was called the Pale, as in Pallisade...
12:12 Thu 05th Apr 2001
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I think 'pale' is an old word for fence (still uses as 'paling') so 'beyond the pale' means banished to outside the town/city.
14:30 Sat 07th Apr 2001

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