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"I could eat a scabby-faced we'an" was also an expression of hunger in my part of the world. Or "I could eat a scabby horse - hooves an' a'". And I, too, shared quarters with "Ben the hoose".
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Nessie
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Erm, didn't think of that one - might have known someone would take it the wrong way.....
Anyway, sma' beefies refers to mince - as in small bits of beef. Come to think of it, maybe you weren't far off.........
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When it looks like a storm coming on - it's as black as your Granny, no idea where that came from but my husband says it often.
Looks like he lost a tenner and found a penny, for someone looking sour.
A short person - squirty drawers!
My mum used to say 'if you were any sharper you'd cut yourself'.
And when dishing out cake or pud - who wants first cut? And you got just what was on the knife!
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[Deleted User]
September 2002
Vrap - you must be from NE Scotland??
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Oven Gloves
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September 2002
How about "I'll tak ma hand aff yer face" when you were "acting yersel" as a child.
Or, on a fine sunny morning "we'll pay fer this"
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Oven Gloves
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How about "I'll tak ma hand aff yer face" when you were "acting yersel" as a child.
Or, on a fine sunny morning "we'll pay for this"
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Oven Gloves
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September 2002
I seem to be repeating myself. Either that or there's a terrible echo on the forum.
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[Deleted User]
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On the contrary, Skwerl, I was brought up in Ayrshire. But I did spend 5 years in Dundee, which is almost the north-east. Eh'll huvva peh...
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[Deleted User]
September 2002
My old gran used to explain why I was always laughing as a child..she would say to onlookers, " He would laugh if his arse was on fire. " Miss her.
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[Deleted User]
September 2002
My mother is Irish - from Co Mayo - my favourite of hers is (when dropped some food on the floor) 'clean dirt is no poison'
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Erm, didn't think of that one - might have known someone would take it the wrong way.....
Anyway, sma' beefies refers to mince - as in small bits of beef. Come to think of it, maybe you weren't far off.........
Looks like he lost a tenner and found a penny, for someone looking sour.
A short person - squirty drawers!
My mum used to say 'if you were any sharper you'd cut yourself'.
And when dishing out cake or pud - who wants first cut? And you got just what was on the knife!
Or, on a fine sunny morning "we'll pay fer this"
Or, on a fine sunny morning "we'll pay for this"
SY3