Farm Sayings

Say my name · 20-09-2020 12:05pm

The journey home is quicker than the journey away.

If you milk cows you'll never be idle a day in your life.

kerry cow · 20-09-2020 12:44pm

a good job is a cheap job

mycro2013 · 20-09-2020 1:59pm

When asked how many cows a lad is milking.
"A few more than last year"

kerry cow · 20-09-2020 2:11pm

when asked how many cow your milking ,

answer is ,
I am milking them all still .

Pkiernan · 20-09-2020 2:13pm

"Tax???"

Acquiescence · 20-09-2020 3:09pm

Nearly never bulled a cow.

davidk1394 · 22-09-2020 11:52pm

A good job is only dear the day your doing it

A lady who might have a fine set of legs
"Legs on her that would kick start a combine"

A lady who might be flat chested
"She's a farmers dream a flat field"

Too new to need oil or too old to deserve it.

Bass Reeves · 23-09-2020 7:45am

Acquiescence wrote: »

Nearly never bulled a cow.

Nearly never bulled a cow
Took a Bonham from a sow
Or rode a mare

He made a hames of it or
He made a horse's collar of it

She beef to the heels like the Mullingar heifer

There is two sides to a ditch today

Red sky in the morning is the Shepard warning
Red sky at night is the shepards delight

He stubborn as a mule

john9876 · 23-09-2020 7:56am

Dakota Dan wrote: »

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.

Tis easy climb a knocked tree

satstheway · 23-09-2020 8:19am

Hit skitter with a stick It'll jump high.

(People with nothing get a bit of money they think they are above everyone)

patsy_mccabe · 23-09-2020 9:26am

"I'm heading for the headland now." - I'm old and getting on.

You can't beat Breeding , it would come out in the eyes of a cat.

kerry cow · 23-09-2020 9:52am

when you have harrowed what i have ploughed !

said the auld lad to the young guys coming up with a swanky walk , just to let them know their station

Thargor · 23-09-2020 10:22am

The curse of the crows on you, never heard this anywhere besides my father and a couple of neighbours.

Cock Bó, Irish for cowsh1t obviously but used to describe any dirt anywhere. Probably spelled Caic.

john9876 · 23-09-2020 10:37am

satstheway wrote: »

Hit skitter with a stick It'll jump high.

(People with nothing get a bit of money they think they are above everyone)

There's a similar one
"Put a beggar on horseback and he'll whip it"

foxy farmer · 23-09-2020 11:02am

I work for a lad and he often comes out with a phrase usually getting up after grub or taking a break from work. I can never catch the start of it but it ends with the words "said the bull to the butcher". Anyone know the start of it?

boardise · 23-09-2020 11:14am

You can put lipstick on a pig -but it's still a pig.

monseiur · 23-09-2020 11:29am

Often used to describe a scrawny thin lad..I've often seen more meat (pronounced mate!) on a butchers apron.

boardise · 23-09-2020 11:41am

Old McDonald had a farm....E I E I O

Bass Reeves · 23-09-2020 12:00pm

john9876 wrote: »

Tis easy climb a knocked tree

She be better down than a field of hay in this weather

orm0nd · 23-09-2020 12:37pm

Not a saying as such but a comment passed in my local pub.. This guy had returned from the Gulf after spending a good few years there working in construction in the oil Wells.

An argument arose between himself and a young lad about welding or something in that line

Any how the older lad quipped :
ffs will you f.o. and don't annoying me, I was building Baghdad when you were still in your father's bag.

zetecescort · 23-09-2020 1:26pm

You cant fatten a pig the day before the fair

john9876 · 23-09-2020 1:44pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

"I'm heading for the headland now." - I'm old and getting on.

You can't beat Breeding , it would come out in the eyes of a cat.

I'm not sure I understand the headland one. The headland is the strip of grass left around the edge after cutting hay,silage etc which you'd let the cows/cattle eat before closing to allow new growth.

NcdJd · 23-09-2020 1:48pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

"I'm heading for the headland now." - I'm old and getting on.

Gonna take that one and twist it to mean I'm finished for the day. Good saying Patsy.

NcdJd · 23-09-2020 1:56pm

One for the ditch.

The Rabbi · 24-09-2020 12:17am

kerry cow wrote: »

when you have harrowed what i have ploughed !

said the auld lad to the young guys coming up with a swanky walk , just to let them know their station

Twould want a few runs of the roller first.
You have a good bit done,have you a bit done good.

Tellyium · 24-09-2020 1:21am

monseiur wrote: »

Often used to describe a scrawny thin lad..I've often seen more meat (pronounced mate!) on a butchers apron.

Or as we used to say “I’ve seen more meat on a chickens forehead”

gozunda · 24-09-2020 1:30am

Thargor wrote: »

The curse of the crows on you, never heard this anywhere besides my father and a couple of neighbours.

Common around here. A curse on your house that the crows will inhabit it.

Thargor wrote: »

Cock Bó, Irish for cowsh1t obviously but used to describe any dirt anywhere. Probably spelled Caic.

Cac na gé. Goose ****. Also Cackagee a small green apple once used for cider production. Now unknown. And also used as a direct insult as in 'you piece of goose ****' :pac:

early_riser · 24-09-2020 10:51am

That lad doesn't think his own **** stinks..

Used to describe someone who thinks he's better than everyone else

Wildsurfer · 24-09-2020 11:02am

'For he that by the plough to thrive, himself must either lead or drive'

With its origins in the era of ploughing with a horse(hence lead or drive the horse), the message is that to get any job done correctly you must oversee it yourself.

20silkcut · 24-09-2020 11:05am

That lad hasn’t the brains of a choc ice

That lad is so mean he’d steal the nail off a badgers toe

Gods Gift · 24-09-2020 12:53pm

I will in me hole.

degetme · 24-09-2020 1:04pm

Describing someone who would do anything for money

They would mind mice at a crossroads for you

patsy_mccabe · 24-09-2020 2:47pm

john9876 wrote: »

I'm not sure I understand the headland one. The headland is the strip of grass left around the edge after cutting hay,silage etc which you'd let the cows/cattle eat before closing to allow new growth.

I think it's meant more in ploughing terms. 'Heading for the headland' on the last run of the plough, meaning my life's work is nearly done now.

Say my name · 24-09-2020 3:46pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I think it's meant more in ploughing terms. 'Heading for the headland' on the last run of the plough, meaning my life's work is nearly done now.

And finished your drill i.e. finished your life.

Albert Johnson · 24-09-2020 9:06pm

Said of someone known for stealing.

"If it wasn't concreted in they'd bring it. Being nailed down is no good as they'd use a crow bar."

A person not renowned for taste or being tidy at a particular job

"He's rough at good work and good at rough work".

A sure statement from a local character on a cold raw springs day if grass growth was mentioned.

"Growth??? The only growth that day would be in your trousers".

ruwithme · 24-09-2020 9:59pm

When i was a young man,i done things arse way's, i rode horses and i bet on women

patsy_mccabe · 24-09-2020 10:16pm

'Ah, it will pull it alright, but will it stop it' .............. applies to most towing setups.

50HX · 24-09-2020 10:42pm

After strapping down a load with ratchet straps

"Where's she gonna go"

Reggie. · 25-09-2020 7:53am

50HX wrote: »

After strapping down a load with ratchet straps

"Where's she gonna go"

"That'll go no where"

kerryjack · 25-09-2020 7:59am

The women's arse and the whiskey glass made a right ass out of me.

early_riser · 25-09-2020 8:25am

That lad won't take a bite out of a stone he's a tidy operator

A bit of manners cost you nothing

kerry cow · 25-09-2020 9:11am

monkey does what monkey see's

Attie Ross · 25-09-2020 4:02pm

Around our part if you took a hungry fit, I could eat a child's arse through a rope chair.

Genghis Cant · 25-09-2020 4:12pm

When the only thing you have is a hammer, everything you see is a nail.

Tig98 · 25-09-2020 4:14pm

kerry cow wrote: »

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

realise a good deal

But the birds in the bush wont **** on your hand

KinnegadKid · 25-09-2020 4:58pm

orm0nd wrote: »

Not a saying as such but a comment passed in my local pub.. This guy had returned from the Gulf after spending a good few years there working in construction in the oil Wells.

An argument arose between himself and a young lad about welding or something in that line

Any how the older lad quipped :
ffs will you f.o. and don't annoying me, I was building Baghdad when you were still in your father's bag.

'I was building Baghdad when you were in your dads bag'

einn32 · 25-09-2020 8:32pm

He's some sort of class of an eegit.

Ran out of F's on that.

I'm out the gap.

You don't have to be mad to work here but it helps.

I only get paid from the neck down.

kerry cow · 25-09-2020 9:06pm

he'd sell sand to an arab

raindodger · 25-09-2020 9:13pm

if he had two brains he would be twice as stupid

ruwithme · 25-09-2020 9:13pm

If saint Brigid’s day is fine and dry,saddle your horse and go and buy hay.

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