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Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 25 Aug 2013 10:18


Heavy rain, in our household, was described as Cats and dogs, like stair rods, or 'ammering down.

Something I don't hear very often now, but my grandma always used to say at bedtime "up the wooden hill."
It was years before I realise there was another bit to that line, as she never ever said the "....to Bedfordshire" bit. :-D

My granddad would always say "time for tiffin" when it was time for a cuppa and a biscuit mid-afternoon. I've never heard anyone else use that expression but I'm presuming he picked it up whilst in the Army during the war.


EDIT:
I've just realised my first sentence reads as though we had heavy rain in our household. Tut tut, what would my English teacher say!!! She was such a stickler for grammar and here's proof that I didn't listen properly.!

Researching:
Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambs: TAGG Thames Ditton & East Molesey, Surrey: LEETON/LEADON Hunts & Cambs: LLOYD London/Middx: FROST London/Middx: ROSKAS, KISELIUS, BUDAS W.Lothian & Lanarks: ROSKAS, JAKAS/JAKAITE, JUSKEVICIUS, MICKEVICIUS Lithuania

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 25 Aug 2013 08:57

Most rain is gentle and not like knives and forks or soldiers. We have a lot of gentle rain in South Wales. That is why the valleys are so green and our complexions are so lovely :-) :-)

Researching:
Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

Sharron

Sharron Report 25 Aug 2013 08:35

Down the galley on a plate!

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 25 Aug 2013 05:22

Up in nanny s room behind the clock ,was one of mums sayings when you kept asking where something was

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Sharron

Sharron Report 25 Aug 2013 00:23

Would skin his arse for a ha'penny.

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 24 Aug 2013 23:06

I know that phrase Lesley , my Nan used it :-D

Another couple of phrases my nan used....

If you don't slow down, you'll meet yourself coming back....

and her very best wise words....

Keep your hand on your ha'penny

:-D :-D

Researching:
Love London, Love Life~ It's the law

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend Report 24 Aug 2013 22:47

SuffolkVera's post reminded me of this one about someone who isn't generous.

He wouldn't give you the drippings from his nose..............................disgusting or what:-0

Researching:
The Family

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 24 Aug 2013 22:46

methinks that's a fictitional guess as to the location of a nearby storm, that hasn't reached your local area yet.........

?? ;-)

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 24 Aug 2013 22:39

Joy -explain! :-S

Joy

Joy Report 24 Aug 2013 22:36

"It's looking black over Will's mother's."

Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Aug 2013 22:30

That makes more sense.

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 24 Aug 2013 22:25

Another saying in our house: "He'd give you the top brick off his chimney". That was said of someone who was really generous.

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 24 Aug 2013 22:22

My family laughed to see a pudd'n roll

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 24 Aug 2013 21:44

Raining stair rods or bucketing down

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Aug 2013 21:30

I would laugh to see a pudd'n crawl.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 24 Aug 2013 21:28

Nothing to do with rain, but one I use when something is really difficult or I'm struggling over, my Dad used to say it too is "it makes you want to throw the whole house up the chimney"

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 24 Aug 2013 19:07

Chucking it down.

Jane

Jane Report 24 Aug 2013 18:46

Coming down in Stair Rods is an expression I remember

Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 24 Aug 2013 18:14

All I've heard is ... Raining Cats and Dogs.....now why would that be I wonder?
Or before we left Scotland it was ... Stotting Down :-)

Researching:
Gilmour/McSherry/Boyle/Mason/Robertson

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 24 Aug 2013 18:01

Heard "raining soldiers" for that sort of rain. Never "dancing dollies" but like that expression. In Wales, it is "Cyllyll a ffyrc" (Knives and forks) :-) :-)

Researching:
Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

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