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Re: Appropriate or inappropriate old sayings
« Reply #36 on: Friday 01 June 18 11:32 BST (UK) »

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Re: Appropriate or inappropriate old sayings
« Reply #37 on: Friday 01 June 18 14:24 BST (UK) »
Malky, breadcrumbs? not in ma Maws dumpling,  it was made for a birthday, breadcrumbs! Sounds a but parsimonious!  ;D Throw another lentil into the soup while you're at it!

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Re: Appropriate or inappropriate old sayings
« Reply #38 on: Saturday 02 June 18 17:26 BST (UK) »
Could "devarting" be a corruption of "diverting"?? Just a thought...
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Re: Appropriate or inappropriate old sayings
« Reply #39 on: Saturday 02 June 18 18:58 BST (UK) »
TV chef Nick Nairn making Nettle Soup in New Lanark on Landward, went down well with the public!

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Re: Appropriate or inappropriate old sayings
« Reply #40 on: Saturday 02 June 18 21:54 BST (UK) »
my Mum, being coy about her age, would say "as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth".

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Re: Appropriate or inappropriate old sayings
« Reply #41 on: Sunday 03 June 18 01:32 BST (UK) »
 ;D ;D ;D. So did mine Jane 👏👏👍
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Re: Appropriate or inappropriate old sayings
« Reply #42 on: Sunday 03 June 18 07:37 BST (UK) »
And at night my sister and I would go "up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire"
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Re: Appropriate or inappropriate old sayings
« Reply #43 on: Sunday 03 June 18 08:11 BST (UK) »
I just recalled bedtime, when my Dad would say " C'mon precious, time for us to head off to Blanket Bay".  he'd tuck me in then tell me one of my favourite stories and always sang me to sleep with "Daddy's Little Girl"!  I can still see him sitting beside me singing that song.  I often listen to it on YouTube, and always dissolve into happy tears!  😍😍
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Re: Appropriate or inappropriate old sayings
« Reply #44 on: Sunday 17 June 18 01:34 BST (UK) »
When parental patience was exhausted and it was time for bed “Come on..up them dancers NOW!” Dancers .. ginger rogers and Fred Astaire.(stairs).
Also, if an adult visited a warning was given, with meaningful looks “little pigs have big ears” ie be careful what you say!
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