Like Blackpool Illuminations

If either of my parnets came home adn there were too many lights on they might say "What's going on? It's lke Blackpool illuminations here!" Not sure where they would have picked the phrase up. I don't think either had ever been to Blackpool, although we all knew about them.

Daresn't

You Daresn't (1905)
Arthur John Elsley (British, 1860-1952)
 oil on canvas, 90 x 64.5 cm

Daresn't is a pretty transparent variant on "daren't" both meaning dare not, as in "You daresen't go out without a coat, you'll catch your death" or "I daresn't tell you what he said". Merriam-Webster suggests it is partly a contraction of (thou) darst not (from Middle English), and partly of (he) dares not.

Ghost of the goalie

Lots of talk aboit ghosts at this time of the year. When I was a kid you soetimes ended up in a situation where for a kick about you would have a few kids passing and shooting at the goal with one kid as goalkeeper. If there were enough of you, one could go behind the goalie (rarely a net up in those days) and try to save any shots he coudn't save. We'd call that boy the ghost of the goalie. There was no spooky element there, just a way of referring to the second character.