Did your mother used to say……..

When as a teenager mum said "Keep your hand on your ha'penny " I hadn't a clue what she was on about. When she said "It's a bit black over Bill's mothers", I hadn't a clue what she was on about either, after all, who was Bill, who was his mother and where did they live? Lastly, she told me that if I didn't eat the crusts I wouldn't have curly hair. Now that was a lie because I have natural curly hair. She is forgiven for it as I used to drop my crusts down the side of the piano so I didn't have to eat them!

To those mentioning being advised to “ Keep yer hand on yer Ha’ Penny”
Here’s a link to The Fivepenny piece singing the song based on the phrase.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmYIjojkMg

Think my mum must of known her too

Speak when you’re spoken to.
Dont speak with your mouth full.
Take your elbows off the table.
A penny for them. Usually said by an uncle or aunt when you were sitting quietly on your own short for “a penny for your thoughts”.

A few wise words from my Mum prior to my wedding were 'spuds take 15 minutes'! I always chuckle when I think of her she was a wise old bird

You've got a tongue in your head so use it and speak when you're spoken to were two of my mum's favourites. No idea why she felt the need to ratify this, as I was quite precocious. Apart from that she didn't employ old wives tales (such as eating your crusts or your face getting stuck when the wind changed) because she didn't believe in lying to children. But they were common expressions I heard elsewhere when growing up.

I’ve remembered another one.
If the answer to a request was “We’ll see . . .” , it almost always meant “No”.

My favourite was “wait and see” for pudding on Sunday. It usually meant treacle sponge and custard.

"That'll never happen in a month of Sundays".

That was a common saying when I was a child, but I haven't heard it used for ages!

Going out looking like “the wreck of the Hesprit”, mum’s pronunciation. Or “making “a show of myself”.
Periods were “so so(s)”
There’s a lid for every pot (not true). Would describe a character as “a card”.

There’s a lid for every pot.

My Grandmother used to say that, but she’d never come across Tupperware!

Going out looking like “the wreck of the Hesprit”, mum’s pronunciation
If my mother could see me at the moment she'd tell me I look like the wreck of the Hesperus!
Or that I'd been pulled through a hedge backwards.

Mollygo

^There’s a lid for every pot.^

My Grandmother used to say that, but she’d never come across Tupperware!

I blame The Borrowers!

My mum said, ‘Green is unlucky’, however I had a green going away suit and this year I will celebrate 55 years of marriage.

When I came home after an evening out with my boyfriend (not my future husband) ‘You look as if you have been pulled through a hedge backwards’. 🤪

“Allira

Going out looking like “the wreck of the Hesprit”, mum’s pronunciation
If my mother could see me at the moment she'd tell me I look like the wreck of the Hesperus!
Or that I'd been pulled through a hedge backwards.”

I still say both of these to my DGD!

I'm tidy this morning- going out 😁