Did your mother used to say……..

I'm tidy this morning- going out 😁

“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!

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’. 🤪

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!

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.

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. 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”.

"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!

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

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

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.

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

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”.

Think my mum must of known her too

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

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!

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

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!

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

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!"

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.

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”!!

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!"

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!

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.’