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Janet

Janet Report 10 Jun 2012 13:13

If you don't understand something..........couldn't make ash, muck or coke of it-jl

Researching:
Mellors of Fulstone- Haighs of Fulstone- Haighs of Horbury -Fowlers of Sheffield -Ashton/Acomb of Keighley-Broadheads of Mearhouse-Nixons of Bradfield- Hopwood of Dewsbury and Elland-Procter/Proctors of Malham

Malcolm

Malcolm Report 10 Jun 2012 10:18

There's a book called "Lock Stock and Barrel" out of print but sometimes available on Amazon...full of origins of phrases such as the title i.e. the components of a flintlock gun..the "lock"...the handle "stock" and barrel....i.e. "in it's entirety".

My favourite was the meaning of Threshold. In the middle ages houses were floored with chopped straw known as Thresh which was strewn a few inches deep and swept out periodically. To prevent it prematurely spilling out, a plank called a THRESH HOLD was placed at the doors. Ta Da..

Researching:
Robb, Purves, Rutherford, Bald - Scotland, Fife and Berwickshire.

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 9 Jun 2012 12:36

Malcolm, love it, Free Beer, :-D Tomorrow :-(

Roy

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 9 Jun 2012 11:00

They've got a face only a mother could love......

Researching:
In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....

GeordiePride

GeordiePride Report 9 Jun 2012 10:51

She could talk the hind legs off a donkey !!!!!

Huia

Huia Report 9 Jun 2012 09:48

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

Malcolm

Malcolm Report 9 Jun 2012 08:19

The Spanish have hundreds of phrases known as Dichos or Refranos as they tend to Rhyme and are wise and humorous:

Gato Maullador, Poco Cazador. (The cat that Mews doesn't hunt)

El Agua para los Bueys y el Vino para los Reyes. (Water for Oxen, Wine for Kings)

El Bobo si es callado, por sesudo es reputado. (The dummy who is silent is reputed to be clever)

Quien Rie el ultimo Rie mejor - "He who laughs last, laughs longest!"

Common pub signs: Cerveza Gratis, Mañana (go on work it out! ) LOL.

Researching:
Robb, Purves, Rutherford, Bald - Scotland, Fife and Berwickshire.

littlelegs

littlelegs Report 8 Jun 2012 23:44

whats his is ours
whats mines me own

*$parkling $andie*

*$parkling $andie* Report 8 Jun 2012 23:43

When you loose something, you always find it in the last place you look !

Researching:
Nothing.. cos I'm fed up !

Huia

Huia Report 8 Jun 2012 23:35

every man to his own taste, as Paddy said when he kissed the cow.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

Huia

Huia Report 8 Jun 2012 23:35

she's got a kind face like a cow

it is an old family expression.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 8 Jun 2012 22:37

be good to your kids they are ones picking your nursing home in the future :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

TeresaW

TeresaW Report 8 Jun 2012 22:35

She's got a sweet face......like a chewed up toffee.

Researching:
Lovell, Morse, Baker, Duval, Mortlock, Gibbs and Bristow.

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 8 Jun 2012 22:32

you dont know what you had till you lost it :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

McB

McB Report 8 Jun 2012 22:31

she's got a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp

McB

McB Report 8 Jun 2012 22:24

There are old pilots & there are bold pilots

But there are no old bold pilots

McB

McB Report 8 Jun 2012 22:22

There's no fool like an old fool

Eeyore13

Eeyore13 Report 8 Jun 2012 22:05

Do unto others before they do it unto you...

Mads

Mads Report 8 Jun 2012 21:57

As my son says "you are so two faced i dont know which to slap first"

Researching:
Holroyd (sussex), Butcher (East London)

Rambling

Rambling Report 8 Jun 2012 21:56

" To err is human; to forgive, divine"

Researching:

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