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I have noticed that a lot of the old sayings are no longer heard these days, things like " Red sky at night, shepherds warning, red sky at morning, sailors delight" and "Fog on the moors, clear skies indoors, fog in the house, sun's out for the field mouse".Did these sayings die out with our parents generation ?
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arry awk wrote: Hope So!I remember it as ;Red sky at nightShepherd's delightRed sky in the morningSailor's warning.Rain AT sevenFine before eleven.and;We shall have weatherWhatever the weatherWhether we like it or not!That was one of my late father-in law'ssayings!He was barmy too! I reckon there's a or two missingWhether the weather be coldOr whether the weather be hotWe'll weather the weatherWhatever the weatherWhether we like it or not.
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Late father in law speaking of meandering motorist....Driving along with his thumb in his bum and brain in neutral!Would never say goodbye either, always, 'see you when the weather breaks'
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My last fifteen years at work were spent in the Pontefract/Wakefield area, where I often encountered a most wonderful expression which tickled me pink. If a person had taken a romantic shine to anyone, often against impossible odds, they were said to have "COME OVER ALL UN-NECESSARY."
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Si wrote: Me Dad says that!Along with "I feel out of sorts" and "Yer big girl's blouse.....wi' red socks on!"No idea, either... Another one I haven't heard for many years, and I first heard it in Otley more than half a century ago, when someone is bored or fed up : - "Oh I'm right stalled !!."
There's nothing like keeping the past alive - it makes us relieved to reflect that any bad times have gone, and happy to relive all the joyful and fascinating experiences of our own and other folks' earlier days.