darkazana 1,736 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 "Laugh before seven, cry before eleven" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 "Stop mithering, "when I was grumpy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Somewhat similar to #1151 - Rain before Seven, fine by Eleven. Sometimes it was, at other times it wasn't !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 'Mardy' was another one I haven't heard for ages, meaning childish, petulant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 If I was being selfish, she would say "you wouldn't help a lame dog over a stile". Funny that, because now I'm older, I prefer animals to some people! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 My sister, who still lives in Nottingham, uses one one I hadn't heard before. 'To-do-ment', meaning a fuss. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 "You should never put new shoes on the table, it's bad luck!" PS: Crazy me for doing such a thing! S'pose it's okay if they're old? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 If I ever took me time doing something, my grandmother (a native of Netherfield, lived on Chandos Street) would say I was "too slow to carry hats"; I believe it's something to do with funerals, can anyone expand it further? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 You will reap what you sow.........Meaning if you don't do your best, you can't expect to receive the best back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 My ex wife's family were from the Notts/Derbys border and had strong Erewash valley accents. If something was unfair they would say "Blackies wunt ay it!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Time for Dhobi D was my father's way of saying bedtime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Came across this in a book of my grandmother's - dated 1905, living at the time on Lily Street, off Dame Agnes Street : "When I am dead and in my grave And all my bones are rotten, This little book will tell my name When I am quite forgotten." What a pleasant thought for an 8-year old ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 If it was raining heavily, we'd say it was 'sileing/seiling' it down, which I was interested to find is in the dictionary as dialect. Whose I wonder? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Online it ways that it is a South West Lincs word and maybe Yorks . Could be from the fact that another meaning of sile was a strainer . So its raining like water out out of a stainer ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Stephen, re #1162, it obviously worked! Re #1163, that's an expression we have always used in the Family, along with "stair-rods", "cats and dogs" and "p***ing it down" ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 On a gravestone Where ever you be let wind go free cos it was wind that killeth me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 If it aint raining take your brolley if it is please yerself Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 On a gravestone Reminds me of my favourite Kipling quote: Now it is not good for the Christians health to harass the Asian Brown For the Christian riles, and the Asian smiles and it weareth the Christian down And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the recent deceased And an epitaph drear "A fool lies here who tried to hurry the East". With apologies to Kipling as it's quote from memory and may not be wholly correct. But it does convey the message. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Full moon. Turn your money over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Let the wind blow free, wherever you be, in church or chapel, let it rattle....................Charles William Thorpe (me dad) , after he'd broken wind, bless him Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 And if there was fluff under the bed, 'Somebody's coming or going'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 If someone saw my dad and asked how he was , he would reply "Fair to middlin" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beachbum 68 Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Telling my Mum, 'I'm going out to play' then just getting to the door she'd shout 'take your sister' Nnnooooooo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 If someone saw my dad and asked how he was , he would reply "Fair to middlin" May have quoted this before - a colleague when asked the same question invariably replied "Still drawing breath and salary!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Another saying in our house was "on the dog-shelf " = on the floor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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