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Hi Hilary,

Thanks for joining the thread.

Not heard any of those.

my gran would say sleep,as good as meat . and hungers good kitchen,also caw connie ,meaning watch what your saying or doing. hope you like them from hilary ml.

Someone has just said to us

"Thats about as much use as a chocolate teapot"


I like that as I can just imagin making the tea!!!!!

If mum asked what was for dinner when young my nan replied

"Bread and pull it"

I still use this now on mum. She gets so cross.

If tha' dunt stop crying I'll gi thee sumat to cry fer

Stop lakin' about (Messing about)

Th'a cud grow taters in them ears (Dirty Ears)

Tha'll catch thee death o' cold

Up them wooden hills (Off to bed)

Stop mitherin (Annoying)


Regards
Jackie

get off ya crupa
means get up of ya backside

idle bat
sitting do nothing

tomtit
a bit of sh*t

born in barn
if you left the door open

put the wood in the ole
means shut the door

Mardy.
Sullen or bad tempered.

Wendy that was my grandads saying rarely heard it before 'Go to foot of our stairs':)

Everything but the squeak.
Traditionally from killing a pig and using all of it, except for the squeak.

Do You Come From Bardney?
Means you had left the door open

Its Black over Bill's mothers
Looks like it's going to rain.

My dad was a black country man, if the weather was over cast and a dull day, he used to say " it aint alf black ova bill's motha's"

or sayins was if he were flabbergasted at some gossip or news he would say "well i gue the foot of our stairs or well oad mon,

me motha used to say if we ask her what was for dinna, she would say fleas knees and sparrow ankles

wendy x

Hi Lisa.
,
Thanks for the recipe. I have never heard of that one before but it sounds nice and think I may try it.

Another saying popped into my mind this morning.

"As black as Newgates Knocker"

Mum would say this to me when I came in from the garden all covered in mud!

This is a recipe for a dish called gray peas or if your from the Black Country,gray pays,lol.
a bag of grey maple peas(butchers,healthfood shops and some pet shops sell them)
1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
water to cover
bacon pieces
oxo cube.
soak the peas for 24 hours in water and bicarb of soda.strain and put in a saucepan with water.fry the bacon and drain the excess fat add to the peas.add oxo and bring to the boil.simmer slowly until the peas are soft.serve with crusty bread.
my nan made this dish often its a cheap tasty meal,we have it on bonfire night.

Hi Brenda,

Never heard that about the pigs foot before or the kipper!

Thanks for those. Mel

To add to the one......
Find a pin and pick it up,
and all the day you'll have good luck.
Find a pin and let it lie,
You'll want a pin before you die.
My dad used to say,if anyone was thin.
"She's as far through as a kipper"
and my gran said,if a child got a cut or a sore.....
It's alright,It'll be a pig's foot in the morning.
Don't know how that was supposed to make you feel better!

Very interestng all your answers peeps. I am enjoying reading all the different quotations.

Like the one with the cleaning of brass with the lemon and salt.

Do you know that if you get blood on a garment , if you put salt on it or soak it in very salty cold water it will come out completely. Never put warm or hot water on it or it will never come out ever again.

One of my Mum's sayings, after we came back from holidays......back to auld claes and porridge.....

....and my old recipe.....cider syllabub, or lemon syllabub......

.....syllabubs were made in the middle ages.....so it is old....

was you born in a barn ? close the door