Old woodland sayings and wise words

[Les Cork]

My youngest son who's an apprentice on the tools came home the other day with this saying which i believe was taught to him by a fellow Arb talk member Mike from Kent.

 

"If an Ash gets leaves before an Oak we are in for soak, if an Oak gets leaves before an Ash we are in for a splash"

 

Now strangely enough here in the south it hasn't rained much in two months and my Oak tree had leaves before the Ash trees at the back of my house, so could this be true ?

 

What other wise old sayings can fellow Arbtalkers share ?

[john p]

if its got wheels or tits it will give you grief!

[Les Cork]

if its got wheels or tits it will give you grief!

 

Yep i'd go along with that !!

[Highland Forestry]

if its got wheels or tits it will give you grief!

 

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[Ben Ballard]

if in doubt have it out,less jaw and more saw,there's drivers and there's stearer's,pull the rope like you pulling someone of your mrs

[Joy Yeomans]

dont cast a clout til may is out - dont take your coat off til all the may blossom (hawthorn) is finished

[Mark Bolam]

Please can everyone refrain from regurgitating any old bollocks from that crappy firewood poem. I thank you.

[Mark Bolam]

I've just made up a new, ancient saying -

 

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

Why can't Stihl make decent bar covers for bigger saws?

[slack ma girdle]

Please can everyone refrain from regurgitating any old bollocks from that crappy firewood poem. I thank you.

 

Alright how about:

Buzzard in a tree, worse day it wil be.

Buzzard on a post, better day than most.

Buzzard in the air, weather's turning fair.

Buzzard on a nest, time to pack away you vest.

Buzzard on a wire, weather's turning dire.

Buzzard on a light, weather's turning shite.

Buzzard on a pole, fog will roll.

 

:lol:

Edited May 9, 2011 by slack ma girdle
halfwitted abillities

[Kiwi climber]

Read an article in the independent the other week saying that the forestry commission hadn't officially recorded ash coming out before oak since 1953... something to do with global warming...