Mind your own business…

[Wellington66]

I remember my mother-in-law born 1905 saying to me once "Looks a bit black over our Bill's mother's" I asked my husband who Bill was?  Laughter all around.  Didn't realize she meant it was going to rain and I should get the washing in.  Young bride early 60's never heard that expression before. Welly x

[jim1]

Looks a bit black over our Bill's mother's

A saying my dad used & me more recently.
If some wanted to express surprise they would say "well I'll go to the foot of our stairs".
Maybe it was the naughty step for adults.

[D Orris]

Black over Bills mothers was used by my husbands family. Which confused him as his grandad was very old and his mother long gone.
My grandad always said It’s black over yonder!
If asked what was for tea, the reply was Three kicks at the pantry door.
Coming into a room, you were asked to put wood in’t hole.
Going to bed- up wooden hill to Bedfordshire.

[zetlander]

Recall Great (maiden) Aunt Polly telling everyone as we sat round the table having tea that 'mae gen moch bach glustiau mawr' - which translates to 'Little pigs have got big ears.'   
Took me years to work out what she meant!

Also recall her telling me when a child that 'fedrith pawb ddim bod yn olygus - which translates to 'not everyone can be good looking.'  - great confidence booster!

[andrewalston]

One I remember from working in the Black Country - "going all round The Wrekin" - meant never coming to the point.

The Wrekin is a prominent hill about 20 miles north west of Wolverhampton, the nearest Black Country town, but visible on the horizon even from there.

[Josephine]

I'm Canadian. We used to say, "mind your beeswax." I don't know if anyone says that anymore.

[DianaCanada]

I'm Canadian. We used to say, "mind your beeswax." I don't know if anyone says that anymore.

I still say it occasionally, but not directly at anyone, that would be rude! 

[Josephine]

I'm Canadian. We used to say, "mind your beeswax." I don't know if anyone says that anymore.

I still say it occasionally, but not directly at anyone, that would be rude!

LOL, yeah, you could only say it to someone who wouldn't take it the wrong way.

[Claire64]

Never heard those.  In Yorkshire it was "keep thi' sneck out" (not neck, and a sneck was a door catch I think).  Dad always said "gone to see a man about a dog" which usually meant he was off to price a "fiddle job" up and didn't want us to say owt! When we asked where mum had vanished to (such a rare occasion, that, she was always there) he'd say she'd "run away wi' a black man" - lots of people said that, but no one does now!  Adults were always "going to t'foot o'our stairs" and I have no idea why.  Interesting reading all these memories.