Farm Sayings

Mossie1975

Have ye any farm related sayings like this one I heard a lot growing up?:

The hay saved and Cork bet ... not a bad start to the Summer

Unfortunately, beating Cork was easier said than done.

degetme

Tipp bate, the hay saved and the munster final won

whelan2

One swallow never a summer made

trixi2011

Hindsight is the foresight of a gob****e

NcdJd

He's a plougher like ourselves. Neighbour of mine used to say this.

patsy_mccabe

No point being mad unless you can prove it. Applies to all farming activities.

Dakota Dan

A fine looking woman, I rather have her down than a field of hay and she’d be saved a lot quicker.

Another one was I’d rather be feeling her than feeling the cold.

foxy farmer

As dry as Beamish's bull.

Finty Lemon

Sheep money only buys more sheep

curiousinvestor

The day you buy is the day you sell.
( I've learned that lesson once and wont be caught again)

kerryjack

As tight as a ducks arse, No fool like an old fool, he would break a crowbar in a bog, you would want 2 dicks on you to keep that one happy.

Mossie1975

I don’t follow this saying as it works brilliantly for me & my neighbours but I know many that would agree with it:
Neither a borrower nor a lender be

Danzy

Tighter than a bulls hole walking up a hill.

_Brian

He’s like an asses tool, a big fella when he’s out.

the hedgeman

"you can make a small fortune in farming....provided you start with a large one"

50HX

A johndoe of turf/hay........a small load

Father use to always say it when he'd see a neighbour passing with an 8x4 trailer of turf

There's Timmy heading home with a johndoe of turf

NcdJd

Ya can't teach pork.
Rough as a bag of cats. Description can apply to man, woman or machine.

The Continental Op

From a Cornish farmer (father in law) referring to someone that was making a mess of a job....

Like a cow handling a musket

_Brian

For a clumsy worker.

“every finger is just a bigger thumb”

gozunda

For a horse that was worked and not cared for after

"looks like he/ she's been ridden hard and put away wet"

Sugarbowl

Mossie1975 wrote: »

I don’t follow this saying as it works brilliantly for me & my neighbours but I know many that would agree with it:
Neither a borrower nor a lender be

I agree with you - it’s what builds a friendship with a neighbor being able to do something back and forth.

kerry cow

Good fences make good neighbours.

he's a horse of a man ,if , he can **** walking .

if ,if ,if
if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle ,

birds of a feather flock together ,

Purple Mountain

'You can't bate breeding.'

ie good genes and not necessarily referring to the stock!

kerry cow

I bought a pig in a bag ,

buying without seeing

kerry cow

bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush .

realise a good deal

I Am The Law

Where you have livestock you'll have dead stock.

kk.man

The Continental Op wrote: »

From a Cornish farmer (father in law) referring to someone that was making a mess of a job....

Like a cow handling a musket

Making a pigs tail of it...

Telling lies... If you said that to a ass he'd kick you.

NcdJd

kerry cow wrote: »

Good fences make good neighbours.

That's so true.

mfceiling

If a son is like the father...

"Scuttery cow scuttery calf"

Or...

"Bad ram bad lamb"

NcdJd

Never trust someone that talks out of the side of their mouth.

PoorFarmer

mfceiling wrote: »

If a son is like the father...

"Scuttery cow scuttery calf"

Or...

"Bad ram bad lamb"

We'd say "Black cat, black kitten" or
"Kicky mare, kicky foal"

An ounce of breeding,is worth a ton of feeding

kerry cow

he/she is like the cat that got the cream .

keepalive213

'If you want bad neighbours, buy sheep'
'Ceannaigh sean rud is beidh gan aon rud'
'the curse a f**k to ya'

It's a strange place

kerry cow

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

Say my name

April showers bring May flowers.
A wet and windy May fills the barns with corn and hay.

The ash before the oak, we're in for a soak.
The oak before the ash, we're in for a splash.

Cuckoo corn - barley, wheat, oats, sown in May.

Little Miss Fairy

Around here it's often said that someone "fell in for some land" when they are gifted it. The first time I heard the phrase I took it up wrongly and asked were they okay thinking that they'd had an accident!

memorystick

Great drying day. Twould dry the dung in a dog.

White Clover

A poor drying day, "it wouldn't dry shirt buttons"

Get up the yard. There’s a smell of Bengy off ya!

degetme

If there was work in the bed, he would sleep on the floor

amen

You made a right pigs breakfast of that.

machiavellianme

There'd be more growth on your face...

The Rabbi

He's as much use as tits on a bull

ruwithme

You'll never plough a field by turning it over and over in your head

Horses and sheep never stop eating

In the country there is no such thing as a big farm or a small rat

Sneak

A horse of a man if only he could ****e walkin

kerry cow

he's /its as useful as a wet sock

mycro2013

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.

kerryjack

Buy land because they aren't making anymore of it,I am scraping the arse of the barrel here.

CloughCasey1

If pricks were scarce he'd make two!