Dialect/slang

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 05 Jul, 2008 5:27 pm

arry awk wrote: Another school days 'chant';Way down in<h> cellar-oilwe'er <h> muck sticks o'<h>windasIf wi' all keep quietThen,<h>Bum-bailiffs wain't findus! You can hear this rhyme on an LP. Admitedly it's from the other side of the hill, but it's the same rhyme. The LP is Deep Lancashire, it's on Topic and it's sung by the Oldham Tinkers on a track called "Coalhole Medley"Another on this track that amused me isWell ar went up to 'eaven one mornin' in MayT'angel sez wier dost cum from an wier dost ta stayWhen a towd 'em fro Owdham'ow they all did stareThey sed "cum in lad thart welcome - tha's fust un fro thier"

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sat 05 Jul, 2008 5:41 pm

Well done Trojan!Not heard that version.Didn't know it was a recorded piece ANDfrom ower Th'ill! as they say i'Lancashure!My Mam was born in Salford! Irish Parents!Thanks too for the added rhyme!

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Sat 05 Jul, 2008 6:51 pm

If you were making a mess of something my grandad used to say "Frame thissen,tha's like a man med o band"(string) or "Tha's mekkin a reight barn's [edited for content] o that. Don't know if this one's been mentioned, "you've muckied your ticket"(put your foot in it or upset someone) don't know where that one comes from.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 05 Jul, 2008 6:57 pm

Lilysmum wrote: If you were making a mess of something my grandad used to say "Frame thissen,tha's like a man med o band"(string) or "Tha's mekkin a reight barn's [edited for content] o that. Don't know if this one's been mentioned, "you've muckied your ticket"(put your foot in it or upset someone) don't know where that one comes from. I certainly remember "frame thissen" and "like a man made o' band"all expression you never hear these days. I'm thinking of reviving them! After all at my age I'm entitled to be thought eccentric.

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Sat 05 Jul, 2008 7:06 pm

Think I've muckied my ticket and been edited! oops sorry.

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Sat 05 Jul, 2008 9:35 pm

My mam used to say your has black as fireback. Allso heard there both tared wit same brush anybody who was thin they would say thes not a picking on him.And he is as soft as a brush was another one allso daft as a brush.What a brush has to do with being daft or soft i dont know

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Sun 06 Jul, 2008 8:49 pm

my dad says to me and my brothers and sisters all the time " standard squire" (sorry if spelt wrong) ie standard squire rowena,any one no where this comes from?

FLOJO · Post by **FLOJO** » Mon 07 Jul, 2008 11:41 am

In the 50s when I was a child if playing up my Mam would say you will go to Street Lane Home with a bonnet on,Does anyone know if there was a Street Lane Home? Another thing was she was going to steep the peas,when soaking the marrowfat peas.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 07 Jul, 2008 12:01 pm

FLOJO wrote: In the 50s when I was a child if playing up my Mam would say you will go to Street Lane Home with a bonnet on,Does anyone know if there was a Street Lane Home? Another thing was she was going to steep the peas,when soaking the marrowfat peas. ...and mash the tea instead of brewing it.

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Mon 07 Jul, 2008 5:55 pm

Weenie.Luvly name, Rowena!X'Weenie' sounds like a Hotdog!!! sorry,LOL!Anyway Luv, Guess your dad was ex Forces and served inEgypt? The Arabic for 'Wait a minute' or 'Hang on a tic,'Was 'Stan Eshwaya'! (Nobody mention King Farukh,please!)Steeped Peas were dried peas,soaked overnight,in water and bicarbonate of soda to soften them.Mum used to make lovely Pease Pudding with them.'Mashing' the tea was well used in my day! We used totake a 'Mashing', consisting of a spoonful of loose teamixed in with some Ideal condensed milk in a screw of paper,to work to do a 'brew' mid morning! Most places had an urn ofboiling water to do the deed!Could never get rid of the tea leaves floating in the cup!