265. Welsh Idiosyncrasies - Nickname Series (8)

Brenda Smith, New Zealand:

When I grew up in Caerau we had a Jones the Overman, Jones the Commi and Mrs Lewis Shortarm because her left arm was shorter than her right.  Also a friend's father sold fish on a flatback card - and he was Grif the Fish.

 www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/familyhistory/pages/nicknames_ralphthomas.shtml

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