old sayings

[Greensleeves]

Also referred to as dags in Wales, so not necessarily antipodean in origin.  Mind you, I'd never heard of 'dags' until we moved to Wales but that might have been because I lived in a large town.  Not a lot of dags in a city centre!

[Janette]

 Lots of dags round your way,Maggie?

[Maggie.]

Loads of them Janette.

[Janette]

Just to confuse you lot up there,we also have

"A bit of a dag "

which translates to into "a bloke with a hardcase sense of humour."

[Maggie.]

But getting back to old sayings, and I'm sure this one must have come up previously but this is the origin of:-

Don't catch your chickens before they hatch.

Apparently it is from one of Aesop's fables ............

The story tells of a young milkmaid who was on her way to the local market to sell a pail of milk that she was carrying around on the top of her head. Before even finding a buyer, the milkmaid was already thinking about what she would do with the money she would earn. Soon after, she accidently dropped the pail of milk on the ground, spilling it everywhere! With nothing left to sell, she returned home and told her mother about the disappointing news, to which her mother replied:

"Ah, my child," said the mother, "Do not count your chickens before they are hatched."

[youngtug]

Watch me, and weep

[Greensleeves]

My mother used to tell me that at school they used to say "Do not enumerate your juvenile poultry before the process of incubation is completed"   

[BevL]

To those who are complaining about the number of pages taken up with Old Sayings, I say grow up!  We are all here to help each other with our family history I know, but a little bit of relaxation doesn't hurt anyone.
I for one wouldn't like to meet some of those complaining, as to me I think they must be a boring lot and they still want to grumble about this topic don't they?   So it seems to me that they are trying to force their opinions on to all others and they must be right at all costs.
Kind regards
Bev

[BonnieDownUnder]

… and from Dawn Lake, as her character Ethel …...    "You tell 'em luv!" …

PS:  Sorry only us Aussie who are +60 would remember 'The Mobile Limb Show'