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| suzard Researcher Quote | Reply | | Old local sayings and superstitions posted on: 2/19/2007 3:40:17 PM There must be lots of things we remember our parents/grandparents saying to us??? One which springs to my mind is "never cast a clout till May is out" Even if it was sweltering heat in May, we had to wait until June to be allowed to change from woollen vests (with sleeves) and liberty bodices into cool cotton (aertex ) underwear -or we "would die of pneumonia". |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 2/19/2007 4:55:08 PM somebody i know say's when it's going to rain..it's black over bills mothers LOL..who was bills mothers for goodness sake.... 
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loomis
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replied on: 2/19/2007 6:58:34 PM Tha'munna say dunna it inna polite. |
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annancliffe
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replied on: 2/20/2007 2:14:56 PM My mother-in-law used to say when it was going to rain "it's coming from Derby hole". Ann Marie |
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loomis
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replied on: 2/21/2007 9:40:51 PM He/she has a face like a bosted pitboot. (....or like ten yards of dead hedge.) |
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annancliffe
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replied on: 2/22/2007 8:26:52 AM Put your coat on or "you'll get a chin cough" - no idea what my mum-in-law meant !!! Ann Marie |
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db639
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replied on: 2/23/2007 8:12:21 PM an old saying is - " hard as nagnails " another one ,I never really understood this but I know what it meant - " shot the duck " and then you would have " a face like a wet wik (week)" and so would your girlfriend my granma Hardy used to be superstitious about lightning .-mirrors turned to the wall ,knives , forks and anything shiny put away or covered up ,front and back doors open and then everyone get in the cupboard under the stairs . db |
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loomis
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replied on: 2/23/2007 8:22:03 PM My grandmother liked her tea strong. Anything other than nearly black she would refer to as 'water bewitched and tea begrudged'. |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 2/27/2007 7:04:54 PM i remember one superstition when we we're young was that if you saw an ambulance you had to hold your collar till you saw a four legged animal....and stepping on a crack in the pavement...it's a wonder we got anywhere LOL. |
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paulr
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replied on: 2/27/2007 8:36:24 PM Wash ya "tabs" out |
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suzard
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replied on: 2/27/2007 10:15:07 PM Iceboy, upon seeing an ambulance we used to say "Hold yer collar, never swallow til you see a dog" if there were no dogs about and we couldn't swallow -I guess we'd need the ambulance!!!! Then there was the superstition of -if you HAD to walk under a ladder you had to keep your fingers crossed-or really bad luck would come your way. I still won't walk under a ladder to this day - even with fingers crossed!!!! |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 2/27/2007 10:39:02 PM i knew it had a dog in it somewhere suz...lol and the wash ya tabs out was also "you could grow potatoes in them"...and when you went tree climbing your mum would say "don't come running to me if you break ya legs" ha ha |
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frontcentre
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replied on: 6/28/2007 12:07:15 AM Anybody know the real origin of "Rack and Ruin" What was being referred to with the rack bit? |
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RMMee
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replied on: 6/28/2007 5:12:07 PM The references I can find state that "rack" is a variant of "wrack," which in turn is a variant of "wreck" - another word, that is, for "ruin." The oldest reference to the phrase being used appears to date back to 1599. |
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philfred
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replied on: 7/3/2007 7:47:49 PM Mi dad used to say "it's at the back of the clock in Annie,s room" if you asked where something had gone. regards Phil |
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chrisbrin
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replied on: 7/4/2007 7:50:07 AM I'm going to see a man about a dog. In other words I don't want to tell you where I'm going. Chrisbrin |
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