Regional wisdom and sayings

[skyhuck]

One I say after a big fell "did you like that"

 

Fred used to say it after a chimney fall.

[Robert_S]

i always thought the clout bit was cloth or clothes as you would be sewn into your clothes for the winter years ago.

 

might be totally wrong though:001_smile:

[skyhuck]

After I fell a tree I often stand on the stump and say "no one has stud hear for a bit",

 

a old timber guy I used to climb for used to say it.

[David oakman]

Dean down here in suffolk it is a new broom allways sweep clean but it soon looses its bristles:001_smile:

[Stephen Blair]

After I fell a tree I often stand on the stump and say "i should of went to spec savers",

 

then i go and get my hammer and nails and try and rebuild the conservatory.

oh well huck, these things happen:001_tongue:

[Tree Man Tom]

Not really sayings, but...

 

e b ite "you/it will be alright"

 

gurt "big"

 

where e b "where are they"

 

how be on/alright me loverrrr "you alright"

 

and of course.. drink up e zider "drink up your cider"

 

Just a few off the top of my head.

[Stephen Blair]

Ah!! yes now you say that, I think I have heard that before.

 

What about the "clowt" bit ???

 

it is the thing you soak berrys in for making jam or jeely, you strain them in them before putting the jam into jeely jars:001_cool:its made of linen

[David oakman]

Theres still many a good tune played on an old fiddle:001_smile:

[RobArb]

"Sometimes I wake up grumpy; other times I let her sleep."

 

"Friends don't let friends drive Naked."

 

Ever stop to think, and forget to start again

 

The older you get, the better you realize you were

 

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

[skyhuck]

it is the thing you soak berrys in for making jam or jeely, you strain them in them before putting the jam into jeely jars:001_cool:its made of linen

 

No, don't buy that one.

 

I reckon its the warm clothes, or the long johns your sewn into.