under the daisies

under the daisies
   dead
   And buried. Also as under the sod, under the grass, underground, or undersod:
    If he dhraws thim mountainy men down on me, I may as well go under the sod. (Somerville and Ross, 1908)
    You can live there when I'm underground, which will be any day now. (I. Murdoch, 1983)
   Small wonder then that th' ghosties stir up an' dahn, time an' time, when them as lig undersod fall to thinkin' o' th' unquiet things that hev happened just aboon their heads. (Sutcliffe, 1900)

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