Yow'm a fine one Gungadin!
We would say, well it lookd like they ay gorra tellyNot a saying as such but my brother made me laugh, when his sister in law announced she was pregnant for the third time, he said "Have you found out what's causing it yet?"
I’d guess the ref is to a person’s own skin. Your own skin is enough to keep you warm i.e., you don’t need clothes to stay warm. It would be said, as I’m sure you know, to someone who is out in very cold weather with very light or little clothes on.Do you know the origins of any of these Simon? They came from my mate's gran, from Belfast, Newry then Dublin.
Are you hot in your leather? (if you were not wearing much, )
I was just looking for the answer to this question and had to ask my dad who's from Dublin. This was his response:
The Granny usually said it say if a man had his shirt off in the street or just in a vest. She always said dorty Dublin too (dirty) if anyone said Dublin. That must be a saying too. I haven't been over for years I know the sayings change. Like it's Mum or more of a short Moom now than Mam, or ma (and Da) of my generation.I’d guess the ref is to a person’s own skin. Your own skin is enough to keep you warm i.e., you don’t need clothes to stay warm. It would be said, as I’m sure you know, to someone who is out in very cold weather with very light or little clothes on.
It is true, but not all bricked up windows were a result of the window tax. Architects like symmetry and balance in their house designs, especially when following a classical style. So, there are a lot of houses built with dummy windows that have never had frames. You occasionally see some with painted glazing bars and styles in white.I only found out today that the saying "Daylight robbery" originated in the 18th and 19th centuries when king William the 3rd was desperate for money so he put a tax on how many windows and doors you had got .That is why when you see old buildings with their windows and doors bricked in it was probably because they wanted to pay less tax so they would of had less daylight coming through their buildings.I found this fascinating.