Possible Clues:

• Gather in, as leaves
• Remind people of lecherous fellow getting ahead
• Produce unpleasant facts from the past
• Do some fall leaving?
• Gather, as fallen leaves
• Bring to light, the past say
• Revive memories of roué appearing in court
• Revive unpleasant memory with garden tool?
• Revive memory of unpleasant incident using garden tool
• Revive memory of something unpleasant - using garden tool?