Whoever mentioned 'red up' and 'y'ns', was right--it's western PA and P-Ds picked it up from their Scotch-Irish neighbors/spouses. The Western PA Historical Society had a little piece about the origin of these expressions in their magazine about a year ago. Seems they come from the dialect spoken around the border area in the north of England, lowland Scotland and Northern Ireland. Don't know the source of that waRsh! Jane Lahey