Ould sayings that are useful to know

Curly Judge

Originally posted by Curly Judge.
Then there was the one about the randy Kildare auctioneer.
He was looking for a little thatched cottage near Athy.

Originally Posted by Curly Judge and altered by Esel.
Then there was the one about the randy Kildare auctioneer.
He was looking for a little thatched cottage above Athy.

Esel wrote: »

FYP

Your girlfriend must have an interesting anatomy?:)

skyfall2012

An old woman who used to live with us would say this (She died in 1982 at age 89):
"You must eat a stone of salt with someone before you can put coal on their fire."
Meaning: you must eat enough dinners with someone (that would amount to having eaten a stone of salt), before you would know them well enough to put coal on their fire.

If you said to her that someone was really nice person, she would reply, "It is a wonder they don't go around killing the people".:)

She was full of wisdom.

madmaggie

Ye rear your pup, and ye have your dog.

skyfall2012

Hay leg, Straw leg. Meaning: left leg and right leg

wild turkey

I have a yard of bacon for dinner ( 3 pigs feet! )

looksee

wild turkey wrote: »

I have a yard of bacon for dinner ( 3 pigs feet! )

Like that apocryphal butcher's sign 'Four pigs feet £1' and the customer expecting 16 feet!

gubby

My mother used to say "if you tell lies, you better have a good memory"

Spanish Eyes

An earlier poster said something similar,

"where ere you go let your wind blow free,
Twas the holding it in was the killing of me"

Said to have been seen on a tombstone in the Jerrum.