"Skin a bunny"

MissAdventure

My mum used to talk about liberty bodices.

I was forced to wear a liberty bodice when young. For some reason Mum always washed them in boiling water in the copper and the rubber buttons always melted! I was often told I looked like a skinned rabbit too

yogitee exactly the same expression in our house for the same reason.

My mother cooked rabbits a lot but stopped when Myxamatosis started. I have never eaten rabbits since and have never seen them on a menu.

I remember wearing Chilproof vests and liberty bodices. The latter appeared to be glued on it was so tight.

Thanks for the memory even though it was skin a rabbit in my Nan's house eddiecat

And very happy memories too of my Welsh grandad singing to us Run Rabbit Run in his lovely Rhondda accent. I always gave a little silent cheer when it came to the line "he'll get by without his rabbit pie"

My old mum called liberty bodices ‘harvest festivals’ - everything safely gathered in. 😂

In Malta rabbit stew is a national dish.

Yes, my mother used to say this.
Thank you for reminding me!

A rabbit

ViceVersa

Never heard of it used in that way, but my mum used to say 'there's more than one way to skin a rabbit'.

We always siad 'theres more than one way to kill a cat.'

I remember eating rabbit which my mother skinned. That was before myx and before chicken became cheaper.

My mum used to make rabbit stew.
It had a sweet taste..
Urgh!

Yes, ‘skin a bunny’ was used in our childhood home, and the phrase carried on with our own children and GC.

Allira

My mother refused to cook it after myxamstosis was introduced but I suppose I must have eaten it before then. My DB kept rabbits during WW2, so I was told. For years I happily imagined they were family pets but no, they were for much-welcomed food.

Your post reminded me of my Nan who, in the war bought chickens to help feed the family. They all died of old age as she just couldn’t bring herself to eat them!
My mother remarked, wryly, ‘if she hadn’t given them all names, that would have helped’!

Babs03

My old mum called liberty bodices ‘harvest festivals’ - everything safely gathered in. 😂

"Harvest festivals" were big knickers when I was young. Same meaning though!

What was the purpose of a liberty bodice?
I could never understand that, as it sounded a complicated affair.

MissAdventure

What was the purpose of a liberty bodice?
I could never understand that, as it sounded a complicated affair.

They weren't complicated, they were just like a sleeveless bodice with buttons down the front and with a cotton fleece lining. Designed to keep you warm before the days of central heating. I don't remember them being particularly tight.

Like this one.

You wore vests, too, or did you?

Yes, a fine woollen vest too!
And navy blue bloomers with a pocket.

Skin a rabbit when peeling off underwear in our house too.

What did you keep in the pocket?
It must have got sweaty, with that lot on!

A hanky.

No, not sweaty, don't forget there was no central heating and winters were colder.

I only wore the liberty bodice in primary school, no self-respecting High school girl would have worn one, they'd rather shiver! Although we had ghastly gymslips.

We had no central heating, but my mum did make me wear a full petticoat, a vest, a cardigan...
Just the same then, really.

My mum used to sat skin a rabbit too! My DH and I didn't like the idea of it so used to say skin a banana to our boys!

MissAdventure

We had no central heating, but my mum did make me wear a full petticoat, a vest, a cardigan...
Just the same then, really.

Damart hadn't reached the UK then!

Mum used to say a drowned rat