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Farm Sayings

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  • #62
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,672 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    "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.

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



  • #63
    kerry cow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭kerry cow


    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


  • #64
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    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.


  • #65
    john9876
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭john9876


    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"


  • #66
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    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?


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  • #67
    boardise
    Registered Users Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭boardise


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


  • #68
    monseiur
    Registered Users Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭monseiur


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


  • #69
    boardise
    Registered Users Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭boardise


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


  • #70
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    john9876 wrote: »
    Tis easy climb a knocked tree

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

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #71
    orm0nd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,171 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    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.


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  • #72
    zetecescort
    Registered Users Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    You cant fatten a pig the day before the fair


  • #73
    john9876
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭john9876


    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.


  • #74
    NcdJd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭NcdJd


    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.


  • #75
    NcdJd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭NcdJd


    One for the ditch.


  • #76
    The Rabbi
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭The Rabbi


    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.


  • #77
    Tellyium
    Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭Tellyium


    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”


  • #78
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    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:


  • #79
    early_riser
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭early_riser


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

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


  • #80
    Wildsurfer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭Wildsurfer


    '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.


  • #81
    20silkcut
    Registered Users Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭20silkcut


    That lad hasn’t the brains of a choc ice

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


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  • #82
    Gods Gift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭Gods Gift


    I will in me hole.


  • #83
    degetme
    Registered Users Posts: 767 ✭✭✭degetme


    Describing someone who would do anything for money

    They would mind mice at a crossroads for you


  • #84
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,672 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    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.

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



  • #85
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,010 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    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.


  • #86
    Albert Johnson
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 1,869 Mod ✭✭✭✭Albert Johnson


    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".


  • #87
    ruwithme
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭ruwithme


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


  • #88
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,672 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


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

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



  • #89
    50HX
    Registered Users Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭50HX


    After strapping down a load with ratchet straps

    "Where's she gonna go"


  • #90
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,358 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    50HX wrote: »
    After strapping down a load with ratchet straps

    "Where's she gonna go"

    "That'll go no where"


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  • #91
    kerryjack
    Registered Users Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭kerryjack


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


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