Did your mother used to say……..

Thorntrees

*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.

My grandparents used to say "I'll to tfoot of our stairs" too.

2 Also, said to me when I was little and amused them in some way, "Ee, you're a cought drop!"

If any of us children were spotted picking our nose, we would be told: Come out, it's not a chip shop!"

I sometimes say these myself, to confuse or amuse the grandchildren 😁

Not advice as such, but when she got tired and stressed with too much to do, she used to say, "What a life without a wife."

I had (still have) thick unruly curly hair.
Mum used to tell me I looked as if I'd been through a hedge backwards.

Hate the word 'knickers' pants or underwear🤣

God made them , the devil matched them..
does anyone remember wearing a knitted simmit...that was how it was pronounced, I think it was in place of a liberty bodice...my mum use to cut the sleeves out of old jumpers, we had to wear it over our vests...

My mother used to rake out the ashes in our open fire then twist newspaper then sticks on top and then bring in a heavy bucket of coal. Coal was the final layer. She lit the paper with a match which ignited the sticks which lit the coal Supposedly. She would go upstairs then to make the beds and sometimes when she came back to the living room the fire had gone out. Well then she would throw up her arms and say”God save Ireland!!!!”

Fallingstar

My old mum would always say the same thing whenever I went out for the night as a teenager ‘always keep your hand on your ha’penny’ which never failed to embarrass me in front of my friends when they came to call for me.

My MIL used to say that.

When you were going out to meet friends, ''Remember to be good, and if you can't be good be careful''
My grandmother's version '''Be careful of boys, or they will get you into trouble''.Trouble was getting pregnant before marriage.

If someone was very slim it was said that there was more meat on a butchers pencil . Or another one was , he’s as fit as a butchers dog . Both Liverpool sayings I think .

Another one who was told I was neither use nor ornament - but was also told that I was standing there like one of Lewis’s. It was a good few years later that I realised she was referring to the mannequins in Lewis’s shop window!

No 🙁

dustyangel

Always moisturise your neck at the same time as your face and rub any left over cream into your elbows. I doubt if anyone ever notices my stunning elbows.

My Mum used to advise plenty of moisturiser everyday or "You'll end up looking like those awful, wrinkly California women!"

Where that came from God alone knows - as far as I can recall there weren't any Californians in rural Lancashire back then.

My mum had loads of sayings, many of which have already been said.
I also liked:
A person idling their time away was either “sitting there like cheese at four pence” or “sittin’ on t’wall watchin’ t’band go by”
Someone feeling a bit down wanted “puttin’ in a bag an’ shekkin’ up”
Someone cheeky had “more front than Blackpool”
A person coughing would be told “Cough it up, it might be a gold watch”
A person with a good appetite could “eat two taters more than a pig”
And often said to me (jokingly I think!) “I’ve taught you all I know an’ yer still no nowt”
She had a wonderful way with words and I miss her every day.

That should say “yer still KNOW nowt”

I remember her telling me when I asked what was for dinner, run around the table and hold your breath.

REKA

Ah yes, neither use not ornament. My grandma would often say that!

She also told me I'd melt my bone marrow if I sat with my back against the radiator.

How many of these do we still use? Certainly I say Neither use not ornament, it seems to be As much use as a chocolate teapot these days.
Fur cost and no knickers described a type of woman who was All for show.

Just remembered that whenever I asked what would be for tea or what I would get for Christmas etc., both my parents would say ‘a doll and a drum and a kick up the bum.’

Labradora

From mine also;
Wear clean underwear in case you get runover
Wash your ears or you'll grow potatoes and cauliflowers (cfCossy)
Waste not; want not.
She chivvied me to make an effort with my appearance when I went out because " you never know who you might meet".
My favourite mother's saying was her ultimate put down
that someone or something was
"neither use nor ornament".

Was your mother a Northerner?

My Mum’s Mum was from Lancashire and used this scathing expression!

One from OHs side of the family to describe someone lucky:

"If yer fell down t'toilet yer'd come up wi' a mouth full er toffees!"

Oh, yes, Oldnproud. I’d forgotten “If he fell in t’Co-op, he’d land in t’divvy” which is the “same thing, more hair on”!!

Similar to above- if he fell off the Co op he’d fall int divvy,
Doubt any youngsters would know what was meant but the divvy came in very useful for extra expense at Christmas and I used to stick the papers on the sheet for my Grandma.

Moth62

Oh, yes, Oldnproud. I’d forgotten “If he fell in t’Co-op, he’d land in t’divvy” which is the “same thing, more hair on”!!

Your mum's version sounds a little less vulgar 😂

I've just remembered the opposite one, which my grandparents used if I didn't look happy about something.

"Yer look like yer tossed up for yer dinner 'n lost".

Oh, and said scathingly about someone who would go out of their way to pay as little as possible for something:

"He'd/ She'd use an haporth o' shoe leather to save a farthing!"

You can stop that, or you'll get a good hiding!

Oldnproud

You can stop that, or you'll get a good hiding!

Or
If you don't stop that wailing I’ll give you something to cry about!

Always wear clean knickers. You never know what lovely things might come your way.