katyjay 5,091 Posted January 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 And if someone keeps on asking and asking for something, and finally gets it, 'it's the squeaky wheel that gets the oil'. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Happy as a pig in s**t. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 It's like givin' pigs cherries(when I ate something fast usually sweets/chocolate) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Happy as a pig in s**t. That's not how you spell muck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 All right then manure . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Had a great aunt who lived next door to us, used to say to me a "watched kettle never boils" totally untrue, I tested it one day after so long it did boil and continued to do so till the bottom of it burnt out and caused the electric cooker to blow up. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 An aunt of mine used to say " nothing rhymes with orange" sorry aunts but it doesn't. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony1 118 Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 My father once announced, at the breakfast table: "Well, ...better get clobber on, get waggin aht and gutter wok" My mother did an impression of 'picking up an insect and dropping it outside.' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 My grandmother used to say - he/she been hiding their light under a bushel. Mums favourite - stop running around like a fanny in a fit (no offence intended) I was born in the north east so have no idea if these odd saying were used elsewhere. Gem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Right, here's one for you. Have you heard of 'Pobbies'? Now whether it was only my Mum who used it or whether it was a word in general Nottm. use, I don't know. Pobbies was a war time breakfast. It was bread with a scrapping of butter boken into spoon size, warm milk and a sprinkling of sugar. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 My dad used to call it 'pobs'. It was bread, warm milk and sugar 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Pobs usually given when you had had some teeth out. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 When we've no posh croutons to Chuck in us soup, (and when no one's looking), I have been known to throw pieces of bread in, and we still call `em pobs!! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 I heard a neighbour shout to her kid, 'Will yer come here this minute or i'll give yer summat to come here for.' 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Reminds me of the superb rhyme in Hilaire Belloc's poem about Lord Lundy who was for ever bursting into tears : "His grandmama (his mother's mother - who had some dignity or other, the garter or, no matter what - I can't remember all the lot) said 'O that I were brisk and spry, to give him that for which to cry.' An empty wish, alas, for she was blind and nearly ninety-three." 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 If someone came to an understanding about something, then it was said, 'The penny's dropped', referring to pennies being put into the electric meters to keep the lights on. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 If caught picking ones nose, mam would say, been on yer 'olidays? Me, What?, her, well you're unpacking yer trunk. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
teebee 8 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Pobs ? It was known as 'Bread in a Basin', or 'Sop' to me and my younger brother. A cause of great embarrassment to this five year old when teacher went round the class asking what we had for breakfast - and I proclaimed "Sop Miss" !! (Much hilarity that caused). Very descriptive titles for this regular breakfast treat in the nineteen forties. As we could not afford the milk, but had to make do with weak tea, bread and perhaps a sprinkling of sugar - but not too sure about the latter !! No point complaining either as that brought forth the comment "take it or leave ". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 And if you did leave it, it probably got put by and served up again next day! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 When my children were arguing when they were young, my Mum used to chide them saying: "birds in their little nests agree". Actually, they don't do they..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 An aunt of mine used to say " nothing rhymes with orange" sorry aunts but it doesn't. Nothing rhymes with Orange, Purple or Silver................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 In the 1950's If a woman was known to be giving birth, my gran would say, she's gone to have her shoes mended.........If she wanted a pee, she would say I'm just off to Papplewick.......... What happened to the 10 o'clock horses ?.............Or corporation pop (water) ....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bomber 9 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 my mams used to say off to bed now or the ten oclock horses will get you . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Welcome to Nottstalgia, bomber. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Horses? What's them? Are yer talkin' abaht the tennerclockosses? My mother in law still uses the expression. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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