General Chat

Kill two birds with one stone------same result less work

If yoh doh werk yoh doh ate-----idle

My grandma used to say 'Get on causie' meaning walk on the pavement instead of the road. And an entry between 2 houses was a jennel.

My Lancashire Grans had some good ones.

Think on (be careful)

There's nowt as queer as folk -
Except thee an' me.
(An' even thee's a bit queer!) (odd)

Put wood in th'ole (shut that door!)

Put t'door on t'sneck (so the door doesn't close properly)

Keep yer hand on yer ha'penny (do not let young men take liberties!)

I'm fair clempted (hungry)

See a pin and pick it up - all the day you'll have good luck!

Tha's a face like a wet weekend (you look miserable)

One for sorrow,
Two for joy.
Three for a letter,
And four for a boy.
Five for silver,
Six for gold.
And - seven for a secret
Never to be told.
(numbers of maggenpies - magpies)

lobby - hallway

snap - packed lunch

ginnel - alleyway

Use 'us' or 'our' in front of nouns or names: us tea; our Nora

And a piece of red flannel was always wrapped around necks to cure a sore throat.
Red flannel has now been proven to work - not sure how.

Never a borrower or a lender be.

What goes round round comes round,

I could ate a hoss died with the riff ----hungry

up the wooden hills --- go to bed

Feed a cold & starve a fever!

my mum used to say to me

If you keep pulling that face if the wind changes direction it will stay like that.

well I could pull some orrible faces whey I was a kid.
maybe the wind did change

hi my mum used to chant
see a penny, pick it up
all that day you'll have good luck
chris x

If you see a magpie on it's own,to keep away bad luck you should say........
Good morning Mr Magpie give my regards to the wife & children.........then bow or cursey three times.

When the glass falls low,
Prepare for a blow,
When it rises high,
Let your kites fly.

Sue

Woe Be tide Ya, if I catch hold of ya,,,pmsl

Me Nan god bless her when I played her up lol

Too many cook spoil the broth.

Too many wines...spoil the cook lol.

People in glass houses should not throw stones.

Could,nt hit a barn door with a banjo,
lousy shot lol

Running with the fox,yet chasing with the hounds,
sitting on the fence lol

Believe every thing you see,
but only half of what you hear,
gossip lol

Yorkshire Sayings

See all
Hear all
Say nowt
Eyt all
Sup all
Pay nowt
An' if tha does owt for nowt ,
Do it for thissen
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This an better may do
This an worse will never do



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'if tha can't say owt good about a body shut thi gob'

Just a few I remember

Regards
Jackie

Lisa

Never heard that one but it was quite right I suppose.

Julie

Like the second one. I shall have to remember that one for use at some other date.

if we were playing our music,this would be 70s! nan would say,he sounds like a gleed under the door! a gleed was a pice of coal from the old style open fires and it would make a scratching sound if caught under the door,lol.

Gran thats a good one! And the other is smashing! Have'nt heard that one before.

Lisa my nan always said that to us younguns.

My grandfather used to say if asked about the weather.

If there's enough blue sky to make a sailor a pair of trousers it will be fine later.

frame ya sen


get yourself moving/sorted

Great girls.

Now think of some more please.

E can't make a purse outa a sows ear!