Did your mother used to say……..

My old auntie used to say to describe a person she thought very cunning they’d build a nest in your ear and come back and steal the eggs and you wouldn’t even notice

If my mother thought she’d been relaxing too long, she’d say ,“Well this won’t buy the baby a new dress!”. Or, “Well this won’t iron the baby’s bonnet!”. Then she’d get back to her chores.

clean meat never fattened a pig...

Another thing my mother and father would say was “It’s not WHAT you know. It’s WHO you know.” in relation to someone wanting a job or to get on in life.
Cynical? Maybe. Or were they being realistic?

It'll be finished by next blue moon. For someone who started a job but left it.
You'll be waiting till the cows come home. Similar to above.
Don't wear unaired clothes. You'll get pneumonia.
Fine words butter no parsnips.

My mum frequently told me to dry my armpits properly or I would get tuberculosis.

Mine used to say "it'll do a turn" with regards to clothes, so I hate throwing anything away.

Always had to wear a vest until the end of May even if it was hot. Never cast a clout till Mays out.
A plain looking couple-they’re not spoiling two houses. Still don’t really get that one 🤔
Something that was commonly known/owned-The dogs are barking it 😀.
If people were talking about something you had done-It’s a 9 day rumour.

Many many more that escape me now but I say to my children/grandchildren

“There but for the grace of God go I” was one my Mum said often about anybody worse off than ourselves. I say it still to my children and grandchildren but now it’s shortened to “there but…”. They know what I mean.

She also said most of the above too!

Many of the above, although not from my mother. She said?

Don't wear a green coat, you'll be run over.
Never put new shoes on a table.
If you don't eat that up we'll send it to Africa.
You will get ill if you go out after washing your hair.
Don't stand on cracked pavements.

Papa said, eating carrots will let you see in the dark.

Yes, I was a confused child!

I too loved the bubblegum photo. "Don't swallow bubblegum you will grow a pilates ball out your bahooky!"

yogitree

Many of the above, although not from my mother. She said?

Don't wear a green coat, you'll be run over.
Never put new shoes on a table.
If you don't eat that up we'll send it to Africa.
You will get ill if you go out after washing your hair.
Don't stand on cracked pavements.

Papa said, eating carrots will let you see in the dark.

Yes, I was a confused child!

I too loved the bubblegum photo. "Don't swallow bubblegum you will grow a pilates ball out your bahooky!"

Papa said, eating carrots will let you see in the dark.
Full of beta-carotene which the body converts to Vitamin A.
Vitamin A is essential for healthy eyesight!

Papa was right 😀

(Other vegetables are good too,)

You can only make a first impression once.
Don't do as I do.....do as I say.
I'm telling your Father when he comes home.
Put the kettle on would you Pet.

Many of the above, especially the advice about not going out with wet hair. No chance - I was a keen daily swimmer and usually in a hurry.

If we didn’t like something she had cooked then we were told to think of the children in Biafra.

Wow! This thread has turned out to be so entertaining! I do recall some of the sayings, some are new and some a version in a similar vein.
I also had to wear a vest until the end of May. 😂 but apparently I was a sickly child.

Sadgrandma

The day before my wedding my Mum told me “if you don’t both reach an orgasm at the same time you won’t get pregnant”! She had three children, nine years between the first two and twelve years between the second and third!!

You poor mum if she really believed that!!

never put shoes on the table
Don't say thank you if someone picks up the glove you dropped.
Don't sit on the cold doorstep as you will have an infection and not be able to have children
Never give an empty wallet or purse as a present, put a coin in it for luck.
Black cat across the road BAD luck
Tell a lie and you get a long nose
She would tell me she could see my nose grow and I would instantly touch it so she knew I was lying.
Babies are delivered by the stork
She drew me in the vending machine standing on the corner of the next road.
Eat your spinach and you will be strong like Popeye

My Mother’s saying was “If things don’t alter they’ll stay as they are”.

Be careful not to get into trouble, pregnant, but if you do I'll never turn my back on you and the baby, you'll always have a home here.

theworriedwell

Be careful not to get into trouble, pregnant, but if you do I'll never turn my back on you and the baby, you'll always have a home here.

That is such a reassuring thing to say.
Xx

It was Fallingstar. I lived near a home for unmarried mother's and remember hearing girls crying in the phone box as they begged to bring their baby home. "Just look at him mum, don't make me give him up.,". Many a day I'd be standing waiting to use the phone trying to hide my tears.

KatrinaMarina, our version of an odd pair, or two miserable folk was thankfulness that they have found each other, as " they would have spoiled another couple".
WithNobsOnIt - are you from Lancashire ?I had not heard " Every Preston Guild", meaning not every frequently, until I went to Manchester to university. I found it rather puzzling.

Oh, and on touring holiday a member of the group and I were in agreement that one of the hotels was " fur coat and no knickers" . It was superficially glossy, but ...

Chocolatelovinggran

KatrinaMarina, our version of an odd pair, or two miserable folk was thankfulness that they have found each other, as " they would have spoiled another couple".
WithNobsOnIt - are you from Lancashire ?I had not heard " Every Preston Guild", meaning not every frequently, until I went to Manchester to university. I found it rather puzzling.

I lived in Lancashire near the Pennines and heard people say ‘every Preston Guild’.
When we moved down South many moons ago and I said this to others they looked at me blank. Same blank look when I referred to a ‘pot towel’ which is of course a ‘tea towel’ further South.

Every Preston Guild that brought back memories.
I grew up in Preston Lancs.
Preston guild was held every 20 years, I took part in one as a child.
My Grandad used to say-* I’ll go to tfoot of our stairs* when told something he couldn’t believe had occurred.

Some of my mum’s were, ahem, a little bit racist but she had no idea really! (And we lived in the middle east for 29 years… she went there to join my dad as a young bride )
One of her regular sayings to express mild surprise ‘well, bugger me drunk.’
Again, no idea really…