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All fur coat and no knickers, for someone who thinks shes 'it'! My mum would never allow anyone to say it in her house, as it was rude!

whose she, the cats mother?

Wipe brushed steel or aluminium with a little baby oil to product a lovely sheen and make it easier to clean next time. This tip can also be used for enamelled cooker tops.

Another way to clean a burnt pan or dish is to put a "Dryer" sheet, such as Bounce, into the dish with Hot water. Leave it overnight (or several hours) and then wipe it clean with the sheet. The conditioners in the dryer sheep will left the stuck on food with ease.

To clean heavily discoloured brass items – great for outside door furniture.
Cut a lemon in half – pour a good quantity of table salt on the exposed lemon surface. Use the lemon as a ‘cleaning pad’ on the brass item. Add more salt if you need to as you go along. Wash off with warm soap and water.

Doesn’t seem to do any harm to surrounding paintwork or wood and doesn’t leave white stains like commercial brass polish products.

Deaf in one ear, can't hear out the other.

As old as me tongue an little bit older than me teeth.

Got me runnin round like a chook with.
it's head cut off.

When a bouquet is received, sprinkle it lightly with fresh water, and then put it in a vessel containing soapsuds. This will keep the flowers as freshly as if just gathered. Then every morning take the bouquet out of the suds, and lay it sideways-the stock entering first- into clean water; keep it there a minute or two, then take it out and sprinkle the flowers lightly by the hand with water, replace it in the soapsuds, and it will bloom as fresh as when first gathered. The soapsuds need changing every three or four days. By observing these rules, a bouquet may be kept bright and beautiful for at least a month, and will last still longer in a passable state.

To Keep Flowers Fresh

Put a tablespoonful of powdered charcoal into the water which is to receive the flower stalks. The charcoal will settle immediately in the bottom of the vase, and the water will remain liquid. This done, it is not necessary to renew the water or the charcoal for several days. The flowers will keep their freshness and their perfume, and will look and smell as fine as those just brought in from the garden.

Restoring Wilted Flowers

Cut off about half an inch of the stems from the wilted flowers. Insert the trimmed stalk into boiling water. In a few moments, the flowers will resume almost their original freshness. The process is most applicable to colored flowers such as roses, geraniums, azaleas, etc. White flowers may turn yellow. Thick-petalled flowers show the most marked improvement.

Hoi yer hamma ower here hinny
could you please pass me the hammer my friend

divvent drop yer dottle on the proggy mat
kindly refrain from dropping your tab ash on the carpet

every little helps
said the woman as she pee'd in the sea

Or
"Dont coming running back to me when your legs broken"

Or
"What do you think this is scotch mist"

People from the north put the work "our" before mentioning a member of their family. Its very endearing.

Old fashioned sayings

"The more you cry the less you pee"

Like that one Kay!!

she canny carry a tune in a bucket - cant sing.

"Jumpy as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs."
These are from my gramps

Madder than an old wet hen!

May as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb -
(If you're going to get into trouble, may as well make it worth while.)

He's got long bones (he's tall)

'The housework will still be there tomorrow', or 'The dust isn't going anywhere.'

a lady i worked with from scotland used to say of someone she didnt like the look of
he/she has a face for skelpping
chris x

My mam always said
Sing before breakfast
Cry before supper
Jen

Keep them flowing girls!!! AND Surf
I'm really enjoying myself.


One for the rook,

one for the crow,

one to die,

and one to sow.

Meaning sow seed generously.

One white leg buy a horse,
Two white legs try a horse,
Three white legs look well about him,
Four white legs do without him.

Ey up mi duck, y'or rate?

Happy memories!