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At bedtime My Dad always said up the dancers (Fred Astairs) If we were dirty, we were as black as the hobs of hell . If we asked when we might get something or when something would happen, we were told when Donelly Docks, no idea who Donelly is Kathleen

what about"wait till your father gets home", and i did! but nothing happened!! or, when dad was going to the pub on a sunday while mum cooked the dinner,i would ask:"were are you going?"i knew what the reply would be,"i'm going to church!"

My Dad always used to say 'Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire' when we went to bed. It often puzzled me because Dad was Canadian - how had he heard of Bedfordshire when we lived in South London? If we asked what was for dinner it was either "Bread and Pullet" or " 'are pie and duck under the table". If the house was noisy and we were being extra boistrous it was "Like Fred Karno's circus in here". Does anyone know who Fred Karno was? My Nan would tell us it was going to be a nice sunny day -"Because there's enough blue sky to make a pair of sailors britches!" My friend's Dad, when asked where he was going, would say "going to shake hands with the wife's best friend". It took us years and years to work that one out! LOL Sue

Colin In our house it was up the wooden hill to blanket row. Here's some more I'll have you guts for garters I'll marmelize you I'll go through you like a dose of salts Jeanette

mine did Sue...I grew up thinking any day now Id get a dog lol

Did anyone else's dad 'go to see a man about a dog'?

My mum used to say this when she saw someone with a dour face " They've got a face like a farmers a*** on a frosty morning!

Here in Yorkshire of course we are well known for a wealth of strange pieces of "Yorkshire Wisdom". Here's to me, me wife's husband, and not forgetting mesen; Hear all, see all, and say nowt, eat all, sup all, and pay nowt; etc. But one of my mother's favourite sayings was, never put off til tomorrow, what you can do today.

one my dad used when i asked where he was going was t-our-gate (said in a lancashire accent) quickly.

as the oldest of four i was always told 'you should know better' 'you should be setting an example' why as the oldest did i have to take responsibility for everything that my younger siblings did???? never did understand that!!! brother who is the youngest got away with murder because 'hes just a baby' hes now 35 and still gets away with it! just remembered my mums reply when i told her once 'i havent got none' 'if you havent got none then you must have some......where are they' how confusing is that?

Jane, my mum also said bread and iffits were for tea,which means if it's there you can have it and if it's not you can't! Another one was "wait until your father gets home".We were all on our best behaviour when those words were spoken!

Just spoke to me mum. She reminded me of some others Never look a gift horse in the mouth! You dont get owt fer nowt! You ll eat a ton o muck b4 u die!

if you looked where you were going and not where you've been you wouldnt have fallen over!!!!! i used it on my kids as well and they now use it on theirs...lol susie

When asking my Mum whats for dinner she would say tomorrows S**t. Also my Gran Gran used to say don't marry for money, but love where money is. I think I have that right. nat

Curiosity not only killed the cat but lead me to a great site which explains (nearly) all of these sayings. some of them ar surprisingly old. http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.php Have a go and look up your favourite. Bob

WHEN ASKING MY MUM WHAT ANYTHING COST I WAS TOLD - " MONEY & FAIR WORDS"

When I asked mum what was for dinner i was often told a run round the table and a bite off each leg!

One of my Mums was simalar to what Janets Dad said, Thought, you know what thought did,followed a muck cart and thought it was a wedding, wet the bed and thought he was sweatin !!!!!!! If someone was a bit guillible my Mum used to say , They are like a pawn shop,they take anything in Kathleen

One of my dad's sayings (and one that I have always told my children too) was, "There's no such word as CAN'T. Anything is possible if you set your mind to it" So true .........! Another one, in answer to my retort of "But, I thought that ....." was "You know what thought did ....... thought his foot was sticking out of bed, so got out to have a look!"

also another one of my faves my dad used to say You can do anything - GIVEN TIME