nonnaB 4,761 Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 ."Dad I'm hungry whats for tea" The reply was always "Duck under the table or bread and scratchit" If it wasn,'t to my liking mum would say stop your mythering. I tell this to my grandchildren and they look under the table or ask what scratchit is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fernilee567 33 Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 If my mum was very hungary she would say I could eat an elephant between 2 mattreses Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Discussing a couple, one of whom not expected to last long, 'Ah! But a creaking gate hangs the longest'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Yo look like yo've been dragged thro an edge backards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,997 Posted November 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 fernilee, my ma would say if she was hungry, she could eat a horse between 2 bread vans. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,997 Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 She's got a voice like a bleddy foghorn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,106 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 When dad was exasperated with me, which was quite often he'd mumble "God, give me strength " . I can still hear him saying that 39 years after his death. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 When Mam had a new outfit she`d say she had a new 'rig out'. Is this Nottinghamese? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,046 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 I don't know if it's Nottinghamese Eileen; but I still say it today. Don't say it very often these days though. My needs are few.lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,080 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Anyone heard of the saying 'Charlie's dead' don't know if it's a Nottingham thing or something my Mum and her sisters made up! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Oh yes - 'Your petticoat is showing below the hem of your skirt.' Don`t know if it was just Nottingham but it was a common saying in the early sixties. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Yes it was said if your underskirt was showing below your dress,but I have no idea of the meaning behind it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 No-one ever said it to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 #1864 Oh dear, . They probably pointed and sniggered behind your back. without telling you. Cruel! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 2,922 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 My mum who could natter a bit hersen would often say about one of our neighbours "That woman could talk a glass eye to sleep" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,423 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Mum said someone could 'talk the hind legs off a donkey' 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 If I asked mam when something was going to happen, and she didn't know, she would give the frustrated reply 'When Nelson gets his eye back'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 "Get yer glad-rags on" = "Put on your best Sunday attire" ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 " Put wood in the 'ole ". That was mi dad's way of saying " Close the door ". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,997 Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Which was followed by, were you born in a barn? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Melissa (#1861), it dates back to when Charles II died. He was a bit of a lady’s man, so when he died, ladies lowered their petticoats, similar to flying a flag at half-mast. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 2,922 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 When I got in the way of my dads view of the gee gees on the telly he used to say "geerowt of way, you weren't made at Pilkingtons 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,046 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 No idea where it comes from but .......... Lord Love A Duck. I think Mam and Dad would say it if they were surprised eg Lord Love A Duck; Look who's here? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,997 Posted December 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Ozstalgian, my mam used to say if we were in the way, you make a better door, than a window. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Not sure whether this one might have been on here before : the reply to "But I thought..." was "Yer know what thought did - follered a muck-cart an' thought it was a wedding." 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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