Funny old sayings that give away (y)our age

As opposed to a 'duvet day'!

Totally showed my age today. Described the weather as a blanket day and youngster had no idea what I was talking about. Didn't understand I meant it was sunny and breezy...perfect for drying blankets lol.

My Gran always used to announce that the bathroom was"at liberty" Can just imagine saying that to my Grandchildren. They'd wonder what planet I
came from. Mind you, I do wonder that myself at times these days!

Think I put that in the wrong thread - sorry!

Soup is made in the pressure cooker which cuts the cooking time by at least half and so saves on the gas. Since I cook only small quantities of potatoes and other veg, it's cost-effective to use the microwave - 5 minutes instead of 25 on the hob. I buy a kilo of carrots, use half for carrot and coriander soup and freeze the rest.

P.S. My sisters and I still make it, nothing like it on a cold day. We no longer use marrow bones tho' (Butchers' attutudes when asking for them and B.S.E. put paid to that!) we use stewing beef now.

Baubles... yes my Gran used the 'gallopping horse' expression, and yes we were sent to the village shops for messages.
Lots of Liverpudlian words and expressions used in N.Wales, we always had lobscouse on a day when Mum was washing (boiling sheets etc in a boiler!) as it could be put in a pan and left to get on with it. Lobscouse was made using marrow bones, boiled up the night before, skimmed the next day and lots of root veg added, meat came later when there was more money about!

pale and clammy reminded me of a Yorkshire saying. An old woman was heard describing how she reacted to something scary:

'Eee, ah went white as a privy mawk (outside toilet maggot)

It does, anno! All pale and clammy! (Wally = plaster/pot as in 'wally dug'. The pot dogs that sat on mantle-pieces)

I still use 'peelywally' because I think it sums up a particular appearance better than any standard English expression.

Grannybug!

Marelli, anno looking peelywally was one used in ooor hoose.

An' a bag o' granny sookers, tae!

A pun o' mince and hauf a stane o' tatties.

That's it, anno! "Gang up the street fur yer messages" or "Ah'm gau'n doon the toon fer tae get some potted heid!".....braw!

Up the street or down the town.

Ah went doon the street for oor messages, baubles!

My mother's favourite response to any comment about something or other being less than perfect was 'sure a blind man on a galloping horse would never notice'.

Did anyone else go 'up the street for the messages'?

When we're in the car and keep moving at a decent speed we boodle along.....as in 'we were boodling along but then we got caught in a traffic jam'

When my English granny was surprised by something, her exclamation was 'Good night!' She came from Leicestershire.
My other granny, a strict Scottish Presbyterian, would come down on us like a ton of bricks if we said 'good gracious' because it was something people said instead of 'good God' and was one step removed from taking the Lord's name in vain. She must be turning in her grave now.

When playing games, if we wanted to be last we would say baggy laggy and second to last would be baggy seggy laggy
I used to go to the Saturday pictures for 6d. It was called the Silver Lining Club and we would all sing Look for the silver lining at the beginning of each session. The Cinema was packed with singing and cheering children and very few adults, only the cinema staff. There were no incidents of inappropriate behaviour. We cheered the goodies and booed the baddies. it was great.

Whenever my Nana hurt herself [she dropped a coal bucket on her foot on one occasion] she'd exclaim... 'OOh, it didn't 'alf give me beltink'

....and when did railway station become train station?

So do we. I always thought that the "jig" was a substitute for "bug".

We say 'I'm jiggered' when we've been working hard and are tired.