General Chat

my nan always said

going to water the garden and Ill cut your tail off with a knive.

very confusing to a young girl but make me smile now when I think of them and her.

Not a reli but a guide around Pompai( know I've spelled it wrong) does anyone want to go to smiley corner? does anyone want to use the loo. An Italian he gave us this explanation. You go in with your face in tension and come out with a smile on it. I use it at school and the kids think it's great.Elaine. ;-) :-D

my gran used to say i will cut off your tail and stick on a cabbage!

Dad, when he felt he was being taken for a fool.

'You're taking me for a right Pilgarlic.'


just Doodled it - a man looked upon with humerous contempt.
So now ya know.





:-D

If we couldn't find something we were looking for within the house, we were told it was probably ....'up in Annie's room, behind the clock'

Gwyn

Dad used to say when rain was on the way

"it's looking black over Bill's mothers"

also when i was being a naughty child he used to point at me and say,

"I will swing for you"

Roy

when we was naughty the old relles would say ill pay ya in a minnit
and all of us being cheeky kids would say how much

Well I'll go to sea in a tar tub!

We never did get to eat the bread and pullet for dinner, or the pickled eels feet and herrings eyebrows.

from my dad -

"I'm so hungry I could eat a scabby donkey"

My granny used to sing this. I've just spend about ten minutes getting it right! I don't think my granny had any idea of what she COULD have said!

Auld Mrs. Hunt had a hunt punt cuddie
Not a cuddy puddy, but a cuddie puddie hunt
Not a cuddy puddy, but a cuddie puddie hunt
She's got a hunt punt cuddie!
It's not a cuddy puddy; it's a cuddie puddie hunt

:-D

PS "cuddie" is a Scottish word for horse

OMG - that is certainly not a rhyme for spoonerisms is it!!!

my paternal gran used to say what sounded like"on a bright" and I always used to wonder "on a bright what"

now I know she was actually saying "Honour bright" indicating she was telling the truth - old Welsh saying apparently

She also used to refer to a bunch of ribbon - "There's a nice bunch of ribbon you have in your hair"

And always referred to a "dish of tea" rather than a cup of tea"

That song has been recorded by a Scottish band - the McKenzies. They don't sound a bit like my granny lol ........... they do a "punk" version. I found it on YouT*be..... awful! :-P

If you couldn't remember what you were about to say my nan would say

"Must Have Been A Lie"

Oh and..................

"Eat your Greens make your teeth grow curly and your hair grow straight"

and a variation on Gwyns

anything lost was...." up in Grannys room behind the clock"
or.... "on the mantlepiece behind the clock"

Mums favorite was.."If they're talking about you they're leaving someone else alone"

:-D

When we asked "Why?" Mum would reply "because Y's a crooked letter and W's not much better"

omg - my memory cells have woken up!

Favourite of Mum's when she saw someone with bad posture -

He/she looks like a half shut knife

Roy, thats not a very nice saying " I'll swing for you". It made me laugh though as I haven't heard it for years. The sort of kind words which my father would have spoken to us as children with perhaps a teeny expletive in the middle.Happy days- not - jl

If I was walking along a low garden wall my mother used to shout " If you fall and break your legs don't come running to me"

we were all told.....

the wind will change and your face will stay like that ;-)

When 2 people were moving something heavy or awkward, Dad would take hold of one end / side and instead of saying "Lift"....it was always... 2...6. as the indication to take the weight.

Gwyn