Nan's Proverbs

[I Am Nico]

I don't know if these are well known proverbs or just my Nan's proverbs but as I just got a hair in my mouth I recalled her saying
Hair in me mouth I'm gooin to get drunk.
Moon on it's back, rain in its lap
I'll 'ave te goo an 'fess cuz arve ayte faggots on a Friday. (Nan was C of E, High church - she always insisted)
Fish scale sky not 24 hours dry
You either goo bald or daft
Nico

 

[rosie]

Yes Nico, Grandad used to say it would be bad weather if the Moon seemed to be "on it's back!!
rosie.

 

[I Am Nico]

Grandad said the cows wers standing up for fine weather and the cows on hills had 2 legs shorter. I believed him. Nan called black and white cows domino cows I was ridiculed at school for saying that.

 

[Astonian]

my grandad always said if the cows are laying down its gonna rain ; and if you do not eat your crust of bread you will not have curly hair
and when you used to go to bed early if you do not go to sleep straight away we willie winkle will come up the stairs to ya;so go to sleep ;
and if a gypsy lady comes to the door of the house selling heather for 6d take it off her other wise she will put a curse o you ; you must always buy off them;
you tend to beleie these things when you are a niper from the old ones but what a load of rubbish you say when you grow up
just where did our ancesters and fore fathers and mothers get this rubbish from ;
best wishes astonian;

 

[I Am Nico]

Old wives' tales I expect.
Grandad said if I ate my crusts it would put hairs on my chest. I wouldn't even eat bread or greens or tinned tomatoes or tinned spaghetti.
Nan said I will love you till the cows come home and I heard this in an old folk song on Mike Hardings radio show (sorry they axed him).I used to look up the street but the cows never came. Or the tooth fairy. I was told I was found under a cabbage leaf and there were fairies at the bottom of the garden but I never found any. I did find some at the bus station later on when I used to run the gaunlet to fetch parcles for work off the `Midland Red parcels office.Best Wishes Nico