Some years ago my mother told me a rhyme that was typical of the area, possibly walkley...it went thus....

Where's tha bin tha mucky tyke
Laykin t'all afternoon
Inter't sink oil yorll be fun
Look at tha britches showin
Muck an splat reet up t'neck
Black as soot thee clothes
No more laykin for thee tonait
Intert 'outhouse tha guz begone

I wonder if anyone else recalls any similar 'rhymes'......it surely must be one of those many parts of Sheffield history that will be well (and sadly lost) forgotten as the modern world takes over.
It would be lovely if someone with the necessary knowhow could collect all these all too oft lost 'snippets' and make some sort of compilation. History is for our children, lets not forget that!

Found these in the 'Fletchers van' Thread if they help...


Don't eat Fletchers bread
It makes you sh*t like lead
No bloody wonder
You fart like thunder
Don't eat Fletchers bread



Fletchers bread
Made of lead
If you eat it
You'll drop dead

Intresting to read i never herd of either poems carry on the good work

There used to be a rhyme similar to the Fletchers one but based on the advert on the back of the vans;-
Anybodys butter but Gillots Bread
Eat a slice and fall down dead.

Then the famous saying 'In t' Wicker weer t'water runs dahn t'wier.

Don Kiddick has mentioned this one on another thread but I did know of it [honest !].It's a slogan for all Yorkshire folk , so it must include Sheffielders !

A True Sheffielder
-------------------------

See all

Hear all

Say nowt
------------------
Eyt all

Sup all

Pay nowt
--------------------

An' if tha does owt for nowt ,

Do it for thissen

I once bought a book (which i have still got) called Sheffieldish a begginers phrase book,
it was published in 1981 by City of Sheffield publicity dept.
it has got phrases in it like keep thi nooers art also indivadual word translations;
hole - oyal
coal - coyal
head - eead
etc

and some poems in sheffield dialect. Some of the poems are by a man named Tom Hauge who wrote a book called Totley Tom.

Dah'n in our coyle oil,

wheer t' muck slats on t'winders,

we've burned all our coyl up,

and weer nah burnin cinders.



then with a 'posh' accent,



Down in the basement,
where the dirt settles on the casement,
we've burned all our fuel up and
are now burning ashes.

I remember someone saying to me,'Who washi wee, washi wi a sen washi?' I said 'What?' And I was told it was Attercliffe Chinese.

My Nan passed these to me and my Mum and I wonder if anyone else has heard it or it's just my Nans' silly sayings -


'Rooer tha'll pee less' - which means cry and you will not wee as much!

'I'm stood ere like Clem Alice' - which means I am stood here waiting looking like an idiot!.

'It's a bit black ova Bills' Mothers' - It looks like it might rain

My bloke is a Southener and thinks I make up all these sayings but our family always use to say them and still do, I would love to know if anyone else has heard of any of these or is it just my families sayings.
:confused:

Yes, Dawny 1 I remember all the sayings you quoted along with 'ask me no questions I'll tell thee no lies' - 'weer there's muck theres money' - 'If tha wants owt doing reet do it thissen" and heaps more - My favourite I think was 'if tha can't say owt good about a body shut thi gob'

There's
"well a gu t' 'ell"

or the nicer version for in front of the kids
"well al gu t' foot o' our stairs"

Originally posted by jmdee
Dah'n in our coyle oil,.....................

I have heard of this one too - with an extra verse and set to a tune....... I'm not sure I can write in true 'Sheffield' style but I'll have a go.



Rate Dah'n in coyle oil,
wheer t' muck slats on t'winders,
we've used our coyl up,
n rate dah'n to cinders.

Ee wen yon bayliff cums
E'll never feend us
Cos weer rate dah'n in coyle oil
Wheer t' muck slats on t'winders


then with a 'posh' accent,

Down in the basement,
where the dirt accumulates on the casement,
we've burned all our anthracite
And we are now using residue.

When the landlord's representative calls
He will not locate us.
Because we are residing in the basement
where the dirt accumulates on the casement,

I can sing the tine, sort of, but just can't remember which popular song it's nicked from....... I'll keep thinking.

I have a list of Yorkshire & Lancashire sentences that only people from these two counties would know.

Here are a few of them-

Intitot
Giuzit
Summatsupeer
Geritetten
Aseegeeniter
Abberritinters
Tantadnowtdunnatitesanose
Tintintin

My late mother-in law- always said, when a person cried a lot-
"Her/His eyes are to near to their bladder".

Cheers, Cynthia, Ontario, Canada.

Originally posted by Cynthia
My late mother-in law- always said, when a person cried a lot-
"Her/His eyes are to near to their bladder".

I like that - I might start using it :D

I want to know what the other words/expressions mean now though!

Originally posted by Siân
I like that - I might start using it :D

I want to know what the other words/expressions mean now though! I'll try and translate for you. I remember an English lesson at school where we had to translate Yorkshire words and sayings!




Intitot = Isn't it hot
Giuzit = give it us
Summatsupeer = Something is up here
Geritetten = get it eaten
Aseegeeniter = Has he given it to her (?)
Abberritinters = I bet it isn't hers
Tantadnowtdunnatitesanose =It hasn't had nothing done at it this you know
Tintintin = It isn't in the tin

Thanks for that tulip :)

The only one I had a stab at was Tantadnowtdunnatitesanose & I was waaaaaay wide of the mark. I thought it was going to be something to do with having something 'up his nose' :shocked:

I guess I need classes in 'yorkshire' / 'sheffieldese'

I've only recently had the meaning of the phrase 'he's not exactly behind the door' explained to me & I've forgotten again already :blush:

The ones I remember from my school days were,

Lerruz Gerruz Ands Weshed

Tallywag Poles

wonafeight

Scoyle

Scoyters

I used to have a book called "Sheffieldish" and one I remember from that was:

weertwatterrunsoertweerintwicker = Where the water runs over the wier in the Wicker

:D

Originally posted by Siân
Thanks for that tulip :)

The only one I had a stab at was Tantadnowtdunnatitesanose & I was waaaaaay wide of the mark. I thought it was going to be something to do with having something 'up his nose' :shocked:

I guess I need classes in 'yorkshire' / 'sheffieldese'

I've only recently had the meaning of the phrase 'he's not exactly behind the door' explained to me & I've forgotten again already :blush: :thumbsup: Where are you from Sian? (sorry a dont have a little accent to put above the 'a' in your name) My husband is American and I have just got him to have a look at these weird 'foreign words', he couldn't work any of them out and 'e's not at back ot doer' either (he's not stupid) He thought tintintin had somethine to do with Tintin, the cartoon!:D

Just remembered another one:

oowassheweewassheweersen? = Who was she with was she by herself?

Maybe that's more Barnsleyish :suspect:

Originally posted by Lostrider
The ones I remember from my school days were,

Lerruz Gerruz Ands Weshed = let us get our hands washed

Tallywag Poles ???????

wonafeight = Want to fight?

Scoyle = school

Scoyters = scooters (?) What the heck is/are 'Tallywag poles' Tad poles?

Originally posted by tulip
What the heck is/are 'Tallywag poles' Tad poles?

Telegraph or Telephone poles.:|

Sorry, I'd never heard of 'tallywag poles':)

When I was in a restraunt one evening in "Cambridge" in the 1960's I was sat eating and having a few drinks with my "Sheffield Cycling buddies" when one of them anounced that he was going to have a go at the 12 hour record...One of the lads said "No way! Yoor not gudinuff "...He replyed "I bet I cud do it"... "No chance" was the reply...Then the argument got heated.."I Cud"..No you Cun't ...Yes I Cud..No you Cun't...Cud...Tha Cun't...I Cud...Tha Cun't, Tha Cun't Tha Cun't....And then the management threw us all out ?????....The Sheffield Dialect can be misunderstood by Southeners.

Originally posted by Ally68
Just remembered another one:

oowassheweewassheweersen? = Who was she with was she by herself?

Maybe that's more Barnsleyish :suspect:

This has been discussed at length before, but if you write ANYTHING as one long 25 letter word, it will look incomprehensible.

Realistically, nobody speaks without leaving pauses between the words.

It may not suit the slightly patronising theme of this thread (ie: don't we talk funny oop north), but surely these expressions should be written exactly as they are spoken and not run together as one long word in an attempt to make them seem more "interesting".

Oo was she wee? Was she we 'er sen?

Doesn't quite have the same impact does it?

Originally posted by mojoworking


It may not suit the slightly patronising theme of this thread (ie: don't we talk funny oop north


Ferfussake!

Tha'd mek moor sense lad yodellin' up thy own arse!

Originally posted by Splodge_CRB
Ferfussake!

Tha'd mek moor sense lad yodellin' up thy own arse!

Perhaps, but at least you didn't type it as one long word ;)

C'mon, you know I'm right :D

Thought that I would send a few more----

Esesitintis burraberritiz
Somonems gorragerroff
Corferus arpastate intmornin
Eedurntpurriseed undertwatter
Lerrimpurrizaton
Gerrarry tergithiandweeit

By the way- Tantadnowtdunnatitesasnose- is

It hasn't had anything done to it as I know !!!.

Cheers, Cynthia, in a hot a steamy Ontario, Canada.

Originally posted by mojoworking
Perhaps, but at least you didn't type it as one long word ;)

C'mon, you know I'm right :D


I detected a hint of pomposity in your post, young man!

It sounded more fluent to me typed as one word but then I had the advantage of drinking regularly with people who spoke broad dialect. Faster they talked, the more it made sense!
Come to think of it.....that could have been the alcohol!:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Splodge_CRB
I detected a hint of pomposity in your post, young man!

It sounded more fluent to me typed as one word but then I had the advantage of drinking regularly with people who spoke broad dialect. Faster they talked, the more it made sense!
Come to think of it.....that could have been the alcohol!:rolleyes:

Sorry if it came across as pompous.

My point was that I think it is sometimes written as one long word simply to make it seem more unintelligible than it really is.

See dem - - D - - Ducks!
R - - D
R--D--R
O - - R - - D - - R!

Needs no translation.

Originally posted by mojoworking
This has been discussed at length before, but if you write ANYTHING as one long 25 letter word, it will look incomprehensible.

Realistically, nobody speaks without leaving pauses between the words.

It may not suit the slightly patronising theme of this thread (ie: don't we talk funny oop north), but surely these expressions should be written exactly as they are spoken and not run together as one long word in an attempt to make them seem more "interesting".

Oo was she wee? Was she we 'er sen?

Doesn't quite have the same impact does it?

Take your point mojoworking.

Just one thing, how do you speak leaving pauses in between the words? Sorry, just being padantic ;)

Originally posted by Ally68
Take your point mojoworking.

Just one thing, how do you speak leaving pauses in between the words? Sorry, just being padantic ;)

Not sure what you mean, but there always are (or should be) natural pauses between all words, especially when they're written down. Why make exceptions for colloquialisms?

These long phrases where the words all run together often appear in those corny tourist books such as "How To Speak Sheffield-ish" and the like. I presume the compilers think if a colloquial phrase is run together as one unfeasibly long word, it's harder to understand and therefore makes us appear more "wacky" to the Americans, or whoever buys these books.

The truth is, logically the phrases should always be written word by word with spaces between them, regardless of how they are being spelled or mispronounced. Wouldn't you agree?

Originally posted by mojoworking
Not sure what you mean, but there always are (or should be) natural pauses between all words, especially when they're written down. Why make exceptions for colloquialisms?

These long phrases where the words all run together often appear in those corny tourist books such as "How To Speak Sheffield-ish" and the like. I presume the compilers think if a colloquial phrase is run together as one unfeasibly long word, it's harder to understand and therefore makes us appear more "wacky" to the Americans, or whoever buys these books.

The truth is, logically the phrases should always be written word by word with spaces between them, regardless of how they are being spelled or mispronounced. Wouldn't you agree?

You are taking this abit to the extreme! All I was saying that I agree that when we write we do put a space in between words. We do not normally see these spaces when we speak as you originally put. This is meant to be a fun thread. You seem to be taking offence of me making fun of my own accent!:confused:

Originally posted by Ally68
You are taking this abit to the extreme! All I was saying that I agree that when we write we do put a space in between words. We do not normally see these spaces when we speak as you originally put. This is meant to be a fun thread. You seem to be taking offence of me making fun of my own accent!:confused:

No, I'm not taking offence at all. Sorry if it appeared that way. I actually think it's funny.

I just think it looks slightly odd to see the phrases written as one long word. You'll never see them written that way in any reputable slang book or colloquial dictionary (as opposed to the cheap "Sheffield-ish" book mentioned earlier).

I still maintain they're written that way to make them look more unintelligible than they really are. ;)

Before anyone else gets upset, I do apologise for harping on about this.

Originally posted by Cynthia
Thought that I would send a few more----

Esesitintis burraberritiz
Somonems gorragerroff
Corferus arpastate intmornin
Eedurntpurriseed undertwatter
Lerrimpurrizaton
Gerrarry tergithiandweeit

By the way- Tantadnowtdunnatitesasnose- is

It hasn't had anything done to it as I know !!!.

Cheers, Cynthia, in a hot a steamy Ontario, Canada. Are you sure, I thought it was 'it hasn't had nothing done to it this you know? Have I been away from Sheffield too long and I'm slipping?

Originally posted by Ally68
You are taking this abit to the extreme! All I was saying that I agree that when we write we do put a space in between words. We do not normally see these spaces when we speak as you originally put. This is meant to be a fun thread. You seem to be taking offence of me making fun of my own accent!:confused: Try saying 'hello' and someone will take offence! I tried posting only on fun threads like this one and was 'hacked to pieces' (people from sheffield tend to exaggerate too! I went back to posting on controversial threads because I thought to myself 'Imayaswellbehungforasheepasalamb'

People from Sheffield do speak fast. I haven't lived there for 20 years but I'm always being told to speak slower. People are contantly misunderstanding me and I don't have very much of an accent left (according to people from oop north anyway):)

Originally posted by tulip
Try saying 'hello' and someone will take offense! I tried posting only on fun threads like this one and was 'hacked to pieces' (people from sheffield tend to exaggerate too!


And who is taking offence, exactly? Not me, that's for sure. I've already said as much several times.

If you think trying to have a half-way intelligent discourse about dialects and colloquial speech patterns is "taking offence", then you're even stranger than you appear in most of your posts! ;)

Sticking my fingers in my ears and not listening to someone who is looking for an argument is my new defence. It doesn't work when you are reading the written word though!

There's nowt stranger than folk. If all my posts make me sound strange then I fit right in with rest of the folk ;)

Now now children.......can we please stop bickering and be nice......it is after all a thread on Sheffield sayings and rhymes and I accept that much of it will be tongue in cheek.

My Mother used to chant a little rhyme when sharing things out among the kids.
One for me - and one for thee - and one for copper sheeny 'at

Have no real idea what it meant, but suspect either the local policeman, or the local big cheese was the "Sheeny 'at.

You might find this interesting!
How to (http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/sense_of_place/speak_sy/index.shtml)

shefco, I think the rhyme went
"Bobby Bobby shiney hat
three balls in his hat
One for thee & one for me
and one for Bobby shiney hat."
Bye it is a long time since I hard that one.
Heres another oldie
YYURYYUBICURYY4me.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cynthia
[B]I have a list of Yorkshire & Lancashire sentences that only people from these two counties would know.

Here are a few of them-

Intitot
,

Hi Folks, sorry could not condense this but worth a read taken fromc an you speak Yorkshire

CAN YOU SPEAK YORKSHIRE?
How well do you know Yorkshire? See how many of the 50 phrases below you can decipher.

1. Intitot
2. Giusit

3. Summatsupeer

4. Gerritetten

5. Gerartanit

6. Supwithee

7. Iantgorrit

8. Smarraweim

9. Azeeginiter

10. Geeitmester

11. Eezgooinoam

12. Asthmum

13. Asthe gorrit withy

14. Purremineer

15. Ayampt eared nowt

16. Astha gorrit reight

17. Thalafter gerra newun

18. Eesezitintis burraberritis

19. Lerrus gerrus ands washd

20. Summonemz gorra gerroff

21. Weev gorra gerras imbux

22. Thamn gerrit lernt

23. Shut thigob

24. Owzeeno

25. Berritinters
26. Nardendee, wotdardooin
27. Asta seenim ont telly

28 Corforus ararpastate intmormin

29. It dunt marrer

30. Lerrus gurrat pixchers

31. Astagorratanner

32. Eenosenowtabartit

33. Eez gunna gerra lorra lolly fer

34. Lerrer gerrontbus

35. Essdurant purrizead undert watr

36. Eesezeantadit

37. Oowereewi, wuree weeissen

38. Ateltim burriwunt lissen

39. Lerrim purrisaton

40. Astle clowt thee if tha dungiare

41. Tintintin

42. Gerrarry tergithi and weeit

43. Eez gorris atooam

44. Thawantser wash thieroils aht

45. Middads gorra jag

46. Thakkan if tha wants

47. Tantad nowt dunnatit as I nose

48. Cantha kumterourowse tuneet

49. Weers gaffa

50. Geraway withi thaduntno



E]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by vhopkinson
[B][QUOTE]Originally posted by Cynthia
[B]I have a list of Yorkshire & Lancashire sentences that only 39. 49. Weers gaffa


Sorry that last post was so long

Regards Vera.

Originally posted by tpiddo
I once bought a book (which i have still got) called Sheffieldish a begginers phrase book,
it was published in 1981 by City of Sheffield publicity dept.
it has got phrases in it like keep thi nooers art also indivadual word translations;
hole - oyal
coal - coyal
head - eead
etc

and some poems in sheffield dialect. Some of the poems are by a man named Tom Hauge who wrote a book called Totley Tom.

hi tpiddo,

I have that little booklet too. it,s great now i,m tearing my hair out cos I cant find it. the poems are good I luv to get it out and show the Aussies they haven't a clue what its all about.

Regards Vera.

With reference to someone spending a lot of money :

"Who's she think she is, Lady Docker ?"

A slightly risqe one from the late fifties - - sung to the tune of "Ghost riders in the sky"

And all at once a mighty herd
Of red eyed cows I saw -w - w!
Coming out the Barleycorn - n - n!
And trotting down the moor.
Yippee i o-o-o-o-o
Yippee i o -o-o-o-o-!
Night riders in the Sky!

Apologies.

Lost me on that one ....perhaps ive spent too much time away from my home city!

Originally posted by tulip
I'll try and translate for you. I remember an English lesson at school where we had to translate Yorkshire words and sayings!




Intitot = Isn't it hot
Giuzit = give it us
Summatsupeer = Something is up here
Geritetten = get it eaten
Aseegeeniter = Has he given it to her (?)
Abberritinters = I bet it isn't hers
Tantadnowtdunnatitesanose =It hasn't had nothing done at it this you know
Tintintin = It isn't in the tin ive just had a pm of tulip to say she is going for an interview today, as she is a sheffield lass i wished her luck and told her " keep thi and on thi aipney" any one ever heard this before? and if so,would they care to enlighten the younger members as to its meaning,vera,
don kiddick, owdlad and hazel,its over to you......:thumbsup:

Originally posted by WalkleyRich
With reference to someone spending a lot of money :

"Who's she think she is, Lady Docker ?"

Talking of the Lady she used to swan about in a mink coat all the time (wife of Sir Bernard Docker head of Daimler she died in 1983 I Think)

My Gran use to say, of women from working class background who dressed above their staition or swanned about as if they had loads of money, were:-

"all fur coat and no nickers"
:hihi:

Originally posted by depoix
" keep thi and on thi aipney" any one ever heard this before?:

I may be wrong, but I think it was a way of saying "Look after your virtue" - - sort of "Dont let men lead you astray".
In our area, the expression "Your Tuppence" is used to describe the area that needs to be dried and creamed etc. after bathtime. (Little Girls).
Could that be "Inflation" or the fact that the "Aipenny" doesn't exist any more?

One that I used to hear with the same meaning about loss of virtue was "Don't throw your bonnet over the windmill"
Anyone heard that one..
And I heard one woman describing a rather stout lady saying "A boiling piece, 'appy round feet." Which brought to mind the lady concerned beautifully.

hazel

Originally posted by hazel
One that I used to hear with the same meaning about loss of virtue was "Don't throw your bonnet over the windmill"
Anyone heard that one..
And I heard one woman describing a rather stout lady saying "A boiling piece, 'appy round feet." Which brought to mind the lady concerned beautifully.

hazel

Hi Hazel, Just got round to reading mail, very interesting as usual.

(Funny Saying) Keep your hand on your halfpenny. Make of that what you like. Maybe someone had a hole in therir pocket (Idon't think so) LOL
LOL
Vera.

I do not know if this is a sheffield saying but my nan and also a few of my bikers friends has said this too.but when it looks likes it goin to rain they always say

It's black over bills mother. :loopy:

I my self never have hear this anywere els so i dont know were it came from.

black ower bills mothers, my mum you to say that,dont know where it comes from though, the hand on the aipenny, i was told that many years ago when a young lady and a lad were "walking out" together,the mother used to give the daughter a halpenny for her tram fare,if the date didnt work out,she always had her fare home so there was no excuse for bieng late back, as in those days it was not unusual for a lady to have a small pocket in her undergarments, it was a gentle hint from the mother to" behave yourself lady"

Originally posted by hazel
One that I used to hear with the same meaning about loss of virtue was "Don't throw your bonnet over the windmill"


hazel

On the subject of losing your virtue, theres an old folk song called:

A Bunch of Thyme

Come all you maidens young and fair
All you that are blooming in your prime
And always beware
To keep your garden fair
Let no man steal away your thyme.

Chorus
For thyme it is a precious thing
And thyme brings all things to my mind
Thyme with all its labours,
Along with all its joys
Thyme brings all things to an end

Once I had a bunch of thyme
I thought it never would decay
Then came a lusty sailor,
Who chanced to pass my way
And stole my bunch of thyme away.

The sailor gave to me a rose
A rose that never would decay
He gave it to me,
To keep me reminded
Of when he stole my thyme away

I remember me dad tellin us "Purrit darn tha chuff, that as weak as chip oyal vinigar, al do it missen.......itl either rain or gu dark afor mornin. And when we asked "weer tha guin dad" .You would get a quick "to see a man abart a dog."
Another one "put wood int oyal...shut the door.:P

hi sometimes i get frowned at when i talk slang but the fraze he hasnt had anything done to his nose is eantadnowtduntoisnooass.
another one is ifthaduntgeorrthallgerrit
pulltheesokcupshuttheegobbandweeroff
weeasthabinavbeenlookinfohtheefohages
amtellintheenowifthaduntshurrupthasgonnagerrit
shifttheesennthatintway
cant think of owt else

And when we asked "weer tha guin dad" .You would get a quick "to see a man abart a dog."


I can well remember my father saying that one pal.............but for some reason I never quite grasped the proper 'Sheffield way of talk'.........despite being brought up there........which I realised when I came back to Sheffield to see my daughter about 2 years ago........I popped into a small moped / scooter place on the high street and asked the very pretty asian looking young lady where I might find a 'proper' kebab............to hear the said young lady explain to me the directions to go to Barkers Pool, turn left by the Wetherspoon's place and its there was a total shock!...........I have to say I was pretty astonished.........but then I would be.............but seriously.........it shows the cultural integration of diferent cultures is here............and here to stay..........and I have to admit.......pretty welcome!
Back to the subject, I wonder if there any 'ethnic' sayings that would specifically apply to Sheffield or Sheffielders?

Incidently the kebab was the absolute 'tops' as far as i'm concerned...........the best wver................cue all you guys to tell me it was made of horsemeat / and / or they forever fail their health and safety checks!!! :suspect:

I remember my mother saying,"Shurrup, thars got moor rakkle than a cana mabs".
One that was often used"Thart like a f**t in a cullinder carnt gerout froyles"

"You seem to be taking offence of me making fun of my own accent!
No, I'm not taking offence at all. Sorry if it appeared that way. I actually think it's funny" "mojoworking"

na then thee who tha callin funny I'll gi thi a gud pastin if tha calls us that ageean, can tha understand this its got gaps innit just fo thee

Originally posted by rainbow2411
"You seem to be taking offence of me making fun of my own accent!
No, I'm not taking offence at all. Sorry if it appeared that way. I actually think it's funny" "mojoworking"

na then thee who tha callin funny I'll gi thi a gud pastin if tha calls us that ageean, can tha understand this its got gaps innit just fo thee

I can understand it perfectly with or without with the gaps, thanks.

But as I keep saying, what's the point of pretending it's more unintelligible than it really is by writing everything as one long word?

That's just done for comic effect. Any student of slang and dialect will tell you that's not how to write these phrases down.

How poems rhymes and songs stick in your mind !
I remember in the early '50's [Must have been ] , when Derek Dooley was doing so well for Sheffield Wednesday. A group of office girls made up a little song to be sung to the tune of , "Rudolph the Red -Nosed Reindeer " and they published it in the Star.
I can't remember much of it at all , but it started out ,

Dooley , the Centre Forward ,

Has a very awkward style ............etc.......

Tragically he'd only been playing for a very short time when he had the bad accident at Preston North End 's ground.
I don't follow football at all but I always recall the , "song ".
It would be a long chance now if anyone else remembers it .........or even composed it ..! They would have to be about 70 years old now .

This thread has really amused me! I love reading about Sheffield sayings, and love the book that was mentioned earlier in the thread.

gone to see a man about a dog - my dad always used to say that when I was younger, and I'd forgotton about it until the other day when I said I was going to brb cos I was off to see a man about a dog to my friends on MSN - made them giggle for a bit lol

My grandparents come out with some good ones. I forget what they are right now, unfortunately.
Speaking of grandparents, is the word 'nanan' a Sheffield word?! When I've spoken to my friends, who are from Yorkshire and Lancashire, they've gone "Nanan?! don't you mean Nanna?"

On the debate of putting in spaces: I agree that why not bother putting spaces inbetween dialect, wemightaswellnotbotherwithspaceswhentyping'proper' English :P And although I do know a lot of the Sheffield sayings, I do find it hard to figure out the longer ones without the spaces.... I'll shut up before another debate begins :p

Fareast I think it went along the lines of:
And if you ever saw him you'd see it sticking out a mile....... (and then) Dooley with your hair aflame wo'nt you play in Sat'days game?
I loved him to bits and it was a real tragedy- saw him sometime later at a benefit and he was a lovely fella.

Nanrobbo ,

Thanks for your reply. I'm really glad that someone else remembered it too !
Sometimes when you try to recall events and so on from 40 or 50 years ago , one sometimes gets a nasty , sneaky feeling that one 's imagined it all. Well , I do , at least------must be all that beer that's affected my memory cells !
Thanks again .

I just read on another thread a post by Caprice. She said her boy friend " Plays Pop" if she buys shoes that he doesn't like.
I haven't heard that since I left Sheffield in 1969.
Does any one know it's origin? :thumbsup:

Your welcome Fareast, actually I thought about the song after posting and remembered more- here goes
Dooley the centre forward had a very awkward style
And if you ever saw him you'd see it sticking out a mile
All of the other players laughed at him and called him names
They wouldn't let poor Dooley play in any firstteam games
Then one foggy winters day (manager?) came to say
Dooley with your hair aflame won't you play in Sat'days game
Oh how the crowds all loved him and they shouted out with glee
Dooley the centre forward you'll go down in history.

And he did!! Nan

I think I printed this somewhere else but my son at a young age was a dedicated Sheff united fan. where as I was supposably a Wednesday supporter

When, splashed across the front page of the Star was--
Dooley to go to United. (transport manager)

There I said he's going to play and he has only one leg.
Son desparate for a reply said -

Well he won't play for first team.

hazel

Ken coming from the South doeesn't know----

When streets er aired. or
Purrit out to air.

hazel

Nanrobbo

Thanks for your further reply . You must have a fantastic memory !. When I read the full version , it all came back to me .
Sorry for my delayed reply . Been a bit busy and didn't check all the threads .
Thanks , too , Hazel ! What a real tragedy it must have been for Derek Dooley . I bet his dreams for the future were almost unlimited and then , a ,' simple ' accident that so suddenly dashed his hopes. People like him are the real heroes of society , I reckon . He fought back and still made something of his life .

snorroften ahm reit-burram rong agen

:D :D :D

john.

Check out this link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/voices2005/glossary/glossary.shtml) for lots of yorkshire words.

I have laughed and laughed at this today and am pleased to say have managed to say quite a few of them.
Can't quite believe it though, laughing at something that I tried so hard to stop my kids from doing. I always tried to make them talk proper, not like me.
I used to get so cross when my brother tried to get them to say: "Int wicker weert watter runs oert weir" for sixpence.......now we laugh at it.
Joan
:thumbsup:

Worrabaht 'livin' oer't brush. And worrabaht gooin case? The last one is interesting because I've heard latino Spanish speakers using 'case' for actually getting married.

'I'm stood ere like Clem Alice' - which means I am stood here waiting looking like an idiot!.

This rings a bell with me but my mom always said " Clem Dick" rather than Alice.

When I moved into West Yorkshire no one had heard of words like
nesh - feel the cold easily
mardy - someone soft
bonny - meaning plump as opposed to pretty/attractive
and the word for fishcakes is just cake which is very confusing when you order fishcake and chips and get a fish, a cake and chips.

One that sticks in my mind ! When it turned a bit nippy "me favver" used to say "Nar then its that cowd tha can spit an kick it";) Another saying of his was if he caught you pickin yer nose hed say "dus tha want core rake"Core rake being one of the utensils used to rake out the ashes on a coal fire.

:heyhey:

Originally posted by JWPeatfield
When I moved into West Yorkshire no one had heard of words like
nesh - feel the cold easily
mardy - someone soft
bonny - meaning plump as opposed to pretty/attractive
and the word for fishcakes is just cake which is very confusing when you order fishcake and chips and get a fish, a cake and chips.

A lot of people from outside Sheffield/Yorkshire know what mardy means these days.... I didn't think anyone did, but all the 'outsiders' are surprised that I think it's a Sheffield word...

"Am stood ear like soft mick!"

Who was soft mick????


"he's a little sparrowfart"

What's that mean exactly?

Originally posted by burnttoast
One that sticks in my mind ! When it turned a bit nippy "me favver" used to say "Nar then its that cowd tha can spit an kick it";) Another saying of his was if he caught you pickin yer nose hed say "dus tha want core rake"Core rake being one of the utensils used to rake out the ashes on a coal fire.

:heyhey: When my "Uncle Norman" used to catch me picking my nose he would say.."Let me know when tha reaches the piano and then I can tune mi violin"...or "i'll swap thee a bit of soft for a bit of hard, wi salt on".

My family were all brought up with all this yorkshire slang but these days I try & tell my 7 year old daughter to speak correctly but it must be hard for her when we say to her gerra bed, shut doer & get the sen soerted.
My mother in law (who is originally from Scotland) speaks broader Yorkshire than me. I often laugh when she says dus tha want poerk boerns fo dog, Weer havin tatus for tea, watters ot if tha wants a bath.
One of my dads favourite sayings when I was a kid was "If tha dunt it im back i'll it thee".
I will think twice before I chastise my daughter about our unique language now.

Originally posted by Timbuck
When my "Uncle Norman" used to catch me picking my nose he would say.."Let me know when tha reaches the piano and then I can tune mi violin"...or "i'll swap thee a bit of soft for a bit of hard, wi salt on".

Wot about "pick it, lick it, roll it, an flick it":D

Mi Dad used to say If tha dunt stop theein an thowin, I gi thee a thick ear.
Or shut thi gob or I'll shut it fo thi.

Oh tha mus cum round fer a nice cuppa tea
But tha mun cum a Munday, Its mi weshin day
An am weshin an weshin mi cluers away.

Oh tha mun cum round fer a nice cup o tea
But tha mun cum a tuesday, its mi ironin day
An am ironin an ironin mi cluers away

Oh that mus cum round fer a nice cuppa tea
But tha mun cum a Wensday, its mi shoppin day
An am shoppin an shoppin mi muney away

Oh tha mus cum round fer a nice cuppa tea
But tha mun cum a thusday, its mi bakin day
An am bakin an bakin mi shoppin away.

Oh tha mus cum round fer a nice cuppa tea
But tha mun cum a Friday its mi cleeanin day
An am cleeanin an cleeanin mi ouse away

Oh tha mus cum round fer a nice cuppa tea
But tha mun cum a Sat day, its mi visitin day
An am visitin an visitin mi relations away

Oh tha mus cum round fer a nice cuppa tea
But tha mun cum a Sunday, its mi churchin day
An am churchin an churchin mi sins away
Oh tha mus cum round fer a nice cuppa tea..........

Ee, I wud like to gi thee a nice cup o' tea,
If tha'd ony but cum on't reyt day.

This is repeated at the end of every verse, like a chorus

I heard Tony Capstick say of some greedy person: " He could eat three more potatoes than a pig".
May not be a local saying but it stuck in my head :)

Hugh

Snowbird, I know that saying as being "like clem".

HughW, our family use that saying to this day, but we say "two taters more'n a pig".

Timbuck, my family would say, on catching someone picking their nose
"gie-owwer, thi forreey'ud 'll cave in!" (stop, or your forehead will cave in)

I can't remember if anyone's mentioned this saying, in the thread earlier on, but my mother always used to reply, when we asked her what was for tea,

"a run round't table, an' a kick at't cellar dooer".

PT

My non-sheffield friends are always most amused when they hear shurrup or eyoop. especially when they hear my son saying shurrup ya daft ha'porth

The word CLEM or CLEMMED means your stomach is empty i.e. hungry . It comes from the days when animals were put into the CLEMMING HOUSE the night before they were due to be slaughtered so they could empty their bowels and bladders so that the slaughtermen didnt get to much of a mess when they butchered the animals. SORRY BUT THIS IS TRUE. After all that all I can say is that "IM FAIR CLEMMED"

My Grandma, who was a Cheshire woman, used to use 'Dont stand theer like clem, or 'I'm clemmed'. In todays parlance, the former would be 'Dont stand there like a prat' and I can only think that the second one would be to mean something like to feel hungry. Anyhow that's how I understood it, being on the receiving end of the first one many times as a kid.
I thought of a few very local colloquialisms used on the Railway cerca 1950's:-
Soft'un' meaning an easy turn of duty.
'Bozzock' to sleep, or drop off to sleep.
'Bozzocking' sleeping.
'Heavy legged' an attractive woman, with nice legs.
'Get some at 'em' to finish a turn of duty early, and get paid for the full turn.

On the few occasions when Dad & Mum were 'talking' ( they didn't much) Mum would say "Guess who I saw today- Berty Shirt" (for e.g.)
Dad "never heard on 'im"
Mum "Yes you have- walks backards, spits a lot"
Dad "Oh aye used to chew bread fer our ducks"
Mum "Aye"
Dad "Don't know him"
I used to be completely mesmerised it was always the same routine. Never understood it?

Can anybody tell me what a skopodiddle is ? Our mum was always using the word. Must have been something that wriggled a lot
:help:

My Paternal Grandparents were Irish hailing from Dublin, unfortunately they both passed away before I was born much to my sadness anyway when I was a child both my Mother and Father always asked me "Do you want to have an A`CACCA" when ever I wanted to go to the toilet and not till last year did i learn that this was IRISH for S**T and I think that is great as its the only link I have with my Irish Grandparents.

Originally posted by gosling
Can anybody tell me what a skopodiddle is ? Our mum was always using the word. Must have been something that wriggled a lot
:help:

My ex husband's mother uses "skopadiddle" a lot.

I think it meant "mouse". (like some places call a newt an "eft")

She used to say "running around like a skopadiddle!" which meant chasing around like crazy.

PT

I've lived in Sheffield and had to call on my mum to read some of these as they made absolutely no sense to me at all!

I have never understood the Sheffield slang properly! LOL

And I'm afraid, I was rather naive with the 'hold onto yer aifpenny'! I thought it just meant don't waste your money!

Bless!

I always thought it meant "behave yourself"don't go messing about........
;)

As I am totally helpless at the Sheffield accent, I have got these from my mother! LOL

ABCD Gol'fish?
MSNO Gol'fish
SDR Gol'fish
RDL Gol'fish
DR Gol'fish!
ORDR Gol'fish!



YYUR
YYUB
ICUR
YY4ME



Thameks a betta duwer than tha duz a winda - for when the kids are sat in front of the TV. My uncle used to say this to me!



Astha gorrennie spice?



Orthagoen dahn tahn?



Wackenthisenup!

I think you'll find the phrase "it's looking black over Bill's mother's" is a line from a J B Priestley play.

I think it is "Hobson's Choice".


Maybe someone will confirm this!

Happy Days!

My mother and auntie told me of the question "washee? oo washee wee? washee wee ersen? and that it meant: Was she? who was she with? Was she by herself? I didn't believe it until one day I was walking past two women at the junction of Sicey Avenue and Nether Shire Lane and heard one of them say "Oo washee wee?

I have tears streaming down my face reading this!!

pt, my gran used that expression when asked we what was for tea.... 'two kicks at'cellar dooer and a run rarn table!' especially if we pulled faces at the tripe and onions she'd done for my uncle.

my dad used to call me his little skoppydiddle...still dunno what it means.

as a mardy little bugger when i was a kid, if my gran caught me sulking she'd say
'bluddy ell lass, thas gorra face as long as norfolk street!'
could never understand the meaning of this until about 20 years ago when my dad explaind that norfolk street used to run from the town hall right down to pond street - norfolk st only became a short street when they built the top rank (roxys).

my uncle Tom used to hate having the heating on, and when we'd complain it was cold, he'd say "gi ooer, thartnesh, gooan get thi cooaton if thart cowd"

another uncle used to give us 5p to go to the local shop - "eer, dont tell thi mam, eers 5p, gooan get thissen some spice"



brought back some very fond memories of my grandmother (who we called momma) and my uncles.......

:D :clap:

geeore scraumin' is another.

my mum told me off and told me to stop 'scrauming' about on the floor when we were staying in devon - and i was very, very young and this woman said 'are you from Sheffield - I've only ever heard that once before and the person saying it was from Sheffield'

What about for a tightwad - 'id skina louse for apeney' My dad used to say that about pub patrons who never bought a pint for anyone.

'ahm so ungry, id eyt a man off is oorse and gu back for't' saddle.'

hey lotti, i still say that to my kids,
'give over scroamin about ont floor!' ... said it just 10 minutes ago!!!!!

my mum's version of that one, sam'smum, went

" could 'eyt an oo'erse between two bread-vans, and come back fer't' saddle"

PT

Tha'll eit us art'n ous an ome tha will .;)


Oos she fink she is wen shees at ooam.:confused: [Could never work that out??]


And when you got wrong side of your Mam/Dad .
"dus tha want sum o this"

"If ee its thi agean ge im a scuch round lug oyel."

A wain't tell thi agean. :confused: [tell me what?]

Shut thi cake oyel .

Tha can tek that look off thi face.

Tha'll bi laffin on other side of thi face wen a gerrowd o thi tha varmint.:D

Yorkshire born,
Yorkshire bred,
Strong in arm,
Thick in 'ed !

Originally posted by burnttoast
Tha'll eit us art'n ous an ome tha will .;)


Oos she fink she is wen shees at ooam.:confused: [Could never work that out??]


And when you got wrong side of your Mam/Dad .
"dus tha want sum o this"

"If ee its thi agean ge im a scuch round lug oyel."

A wain't tell thi agean. :confused: [tell me what?]

Shut thi cake oyel .

Tha can tek that look off thi face.

Tha'll bi laffin on other side of thi face wen a gerrowd o thi tha varmint.:D


pmsl!!!
"tha'll be laffin ont other side othaface" was a regular in our hosue!

and of course, the classic "comment-from-a-parent" (TM):-

"If tha dunt shurrup roo-erin' ah'll gie thee summat to roo-er for!"

that one was a staple in our house

PT

[QUOTE]Originally posted by burnttoast
[B]Tha'll eit us art'n ous an ome tha will .;)


Oos she fink she is wen shees at ooam.:confused: [Could never work that out??]


Does it translate as " who does she think she is,when she is at home."

on visists to grannys house she often said


" ad gi yer a biscuit, burra ant any " :|

Originally posted by peakma
Yorkshire born,
Yorkshire bred,
Strong in arm,
Thick in 'ed !

It's funny the version I heard applied to Derbyshire. Not wanting to cause further rivalry between our counties but it just had to be said!:)

Originally posted by peakma
[QUOTE]Originally posted by burnttoast
[B]Tha'll eit us art'n ous an ome tha will .;)


Oos she fink she is wen shees at ooam.:confused: [Could never work that out??]


Does it translate as " who does she think she is,when she is at home."

Yes but what exactly did it mean?could it mean someone who thinks shes better than anybody else. ie: a snob..:)

Yes, acting above her station.....probably IS important....at least to herself.
Delusions of Grandeur.....
Big 'ead.......:hihi:

It's the reference to "when she's at home" I wasn't sure about. Perhaps it means ideas above her station when she's with people who know her well such as family/friends.

Yes....I suppose when she's AT home everyone KNOWS who she is so why does she NEED to put on airs and graces.......
maybe?

yeah but you still get 'what's that when it's at home?'

Well, surely the same as when it's not at home?

Can't think of an example right now - but something you don't understand or don't know about and say 'what's that when it's at home?'

Originally posted by sheffco
See dem - - D - - Ducks!
R - - D
R--D--R
O - - R - - D - - R!

Needs no translation. The way I remember this one is..Dem R Ducks Dem R, R D, I D R, R D L, D R, O I D R .

Another one I remember is .."Well" al gu to foot of our stairs.

Originally posted by Lotti
yeah but you still get 'what's that when it's at home?'

Well, surely the same as when it's not at home?

Can't think of an example right now - but something you don't understand or don't know about and say 'what's that when it's at home?'

I think "what's that when it's at home" would often mean something unusual, out of place or unexpected. It could be something that would look out of place at home or a familiar place. For instance the council might put a strange looking statue in the centre of a town to which many of the local residents may say, "what on earth is that when it's at home". I expect that with time the expression has taken on a broader meaning to include objects that would never be in a home. Nonetheless, I'm no expert and possibly talking from a position of complete ignorance.

Originally posted by Timbuck
Another one I remember is .."Well" al gu to foot of our stairs.

I've also heard this expression in Lancashire as an expression of amazement. I'm not sure why an amazed person would go to the foot of their stairs??

Can anyone tell me where " It'll be a right pippy show" comes from and is it just a Sheffield expression?

Originally posted by scout
Can anyone tell me where " It'll be a right pippy show" comes from and is it just a Sheffield expression?


That's a new one on me sorry, must be modern.:wink:

Originally posted by scout
Can anyone tell me where " It'll be a right pippy show" comes from and is it just a Sheffield expression?

It's definitely one my mother used to use, frequently. (Especially when it came to teenage fashions, way back when! lol)

I don't know if it's anything to do with the shop Pippy's which used to be on the bottom of Cambridge Street....

PT

Dont remember about a "pippy show" but when referring to a piece of outlandish clothing, my grandmother would say "Tha'd look a right pip in that"
or
"Dunt he look a pip"

What pip meant I never knew!

'I think 'Pippy show' is a derivative of 'Peep show'. And 'I'll go to the foot of our stairs' came from the Tommy Handley radio show in the 40's I think. It was one of many catchphrases.
What about 'He looked a right 'tater'? That's definitely a Sheffield saying.

Originally posted by Plain Talker
It's definitely one my mother used to use, frequently. (Especially when it came to teenage fashions, way back when! lol)

I don't know if it's anything to do with the shop Pippy's which used to be on the bottom of Cambridge Street....

PT
This has got to be worth a new thread (Pippy's shop)

Heard lotti reading some of these out the other night :P classic ;)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RoyalRegular
[B]"Am stood ear like soft mick!"

Who was soft mick????

Another one is ' he more (money etc.) than Soft Micks got chats (Fleas)

It seems we always put in an exte vowel like coyal (coal) moore(more) oyal(hole)

You always can tell a fellow Sheffielder now matter how long they have been away carnt tha eh?

The expression used as a derogative description of a useless person, 'Useless Get'.

A Useless Get is the feeder from a iron casting which has to be removed when cleaning up the iron casting.

The Get was useless as it usually contained all the slagand impurities which rose to the top into the feeder.

Another old phrase was, 'That'll stop her Gallop!" usually aplplied to someone who was pregnant and couldn't get about so well.

Happy Days!

My (legendary) Grandma used to call me a piecan when I was acting up.Still no idea where that came from and shes been gone 15 years.

Easy rockyblade baby, It comes from 'Pecan' a nut, Pecan Nut, dig?

Originally posted by rockyblade
My (legendary) Grandma used to call me a piecan when I was acting up.Still no idea where that came from and shes been gone 15 years.

Just found this under 'piecan'

It doesn't always do to let a mug know everything.
Can't you rumble? I can.
Look at Charlie Piecan.
He's a bloke as happy as the birds upon the wing.
Charlie don't believe in
Worrying and grieving.
He gave me half a quid a day or two ago, to back a horse.
The gee-gee came in last of course.
He doesn't grumble but takes his beating like a don.
He little thinks that I forgot to put the money on.

apparantly it is a music hall song from 1900's

Al Tell Thee Sommat

Me then future son in law who lived in leeds and was about 20 at the time thought pool was the bees knees and that at their age they knew it all so not to be outdone I sent him a little diity called “Pool My Arse”

Well Here We Go…………………..

Me Dad and Mam (God Bless Em)

Me dad god bless is art, grafted int pit, iz deeud nah, coildust didim in. deead befoor ee wer 68.
Me Ma (I Miss Thee) grafted in a factry glazin spanners. It did er fingers an ears in we all that shekin an noise , allus white them fingers wer wen it wer cowd

Me

Ah used te werk int fooerge, spent years theea an then yanks toook us oer an shut bleedin place dahn, dint geea ****e wotwer gunna appen terrus.
Ah used minoggin though an when a purrin ferajob be letter a used a spellin gadget.
Ah wungitaway cuz it **** elpmeh an used phone instead !!

Gorrajob as er pat tester an it wernt nowt like graft but ah dint gerron we it cuz tha were avin to scrawm abart under desks when people were sat at em ter get at computer wires. Seen up moor skirts in 6 munths than ah did int previous 45yrs.

Then a saw ad int paper, said thi wer a job guin fer sumdi who cud turn is and to a bit a mechanical and electrical,,, well a **** seh ad only grafted int fooerge fer 25yrs cud a or a wunt a got job so a teld a few porkies an bugger me if a dint get job.

Ah **** believe me luck, a gorra fortneet dahn in chard weer apples cum from so a cud av a guh ont machines but dahn thier thi er that laid back thad think thi were orizontel.
Well altelthi this..... after first week a were ****tin meesen cuss ad not played abaht wi a single machine an ad owny seen me new gaffer a couple er times.
E wer a bald earded bloke called gary an e dint seem arf as werried as ah wer.

Well av bin wi this lot oer 3 years nah an reckon am doin oreight.
Mi mates tek **** when a tell em am an engineer Thi seh its shortest bleedin apprentiship they no…. bleedin jealous gets !!
We gorra gud team an we all gerron. We even gorra kid in Scotland, eez oreight burree dunt alf talk funny, a dunt foller warease onnabaht aif the time,,,, dunt talk nowt like the rester us.

Them in chard talk reight posh like, an pete who’s in chard ee sounds like em that sing abaht that theer combine arvister an ee loves a gallon a scrumpy befour ee it’s the sack, a can sup thee odd un meself.

Av gorra new motor an av seen all oer this country, an warrabaht this….. a can gerrup ahta bed wennawant , acun come ooem wennawant , an savin best fer last, we av these meets twice a year weirwe get purrup at digs then we av a 10 minute chinwag abaht job an afta gerra scran an a pissup fer nowt,, ow dogs bollerks is that eh !!


Anyow back te warra sent suninlaw.

POOL ME ARSE

Snookers a mans game eye, none o yer mamby pamby panzy arsed pool fer us.
Wen ah wer alad it wer Ooem fromt graft int factry, ameel ontable an it wern't bleedin peetza anall. Ad never erd erum till awer 28.
Then ad tap meema for 30 bob an off we'd go t'workinmensclub fora few jars an a few frames after that we'd call at chippy an stuff us sen ont wayooem an ad probably still got tenbob left anall.
Them kids tuday dunt no thiwerborn,
Off te office an mostly bleedin dole office of a day an then it's ooh awonder wot wicangerarta freezer fertee.
An these days wen thigerroff t'pub they'll afto go te oil in wall an gerraload a cash coz unlike us men the daft sods sup bottles er pop at threeanarfquid abottle an that's noreven a bloody pint bottle, soft sods.
Theecallem alkerpops an av triedum anthats wot theyareanall, givem a pint athestuff we used te sup an theyd soon beeyonthebacks bleedinsoft thatswat theyare.
Ananotherthinganall wotthebleedinell is that racket they listentoo on them theer p pods , thump thump bleedinbang is all it is, theyll be deafasdoornobs afor they get te forty.
Am just glad avad meeyouth when adid.
An that were when men were men an SNOOKER were king.




I Thank Thee

Smiffy


p.s
Av got te seh eez turned inte a great lad an am proud te av lerrim get itched te me sprog.

Pps
I dunt think this spellchecker is any gud eether so I ope tha can mek it all aht.

sorry about the bloopers above ... the first is used all the time and refers to what comes out of your bottom.

The second is spelt like a part of a woman & means couldn't.


NO OFFENCE INTENDED {:-)) :blush:

My examples are ` Oo wart a wee las neet?'
and `Al gidee a bash on heead.' Also dannys for hands
and running about like a `scopril'.

Originally posted by sezlez
sorry about the bloopers above ... the first is used all the time and refers to what comes out of your bottom.

The second is spelt like a part of a woman & means couldn't.


NO OFFENCE INTENDED {:-)) :blush:

That's or eight lez, it wor a gud laugh readin it :D

My mum used to work in the co-op at Herdings and I'm always reminded of one day when a woman came in and asked one of the assistants
"Excuse me love, where's the Chip Oyal"
"Oh there isn't one round here anymore" came the reply "you'll have to go to Gleadless Townend"
"No" said the customer, "I mean where's the oil for cooking Chips!"

When hungry I'd ask "What's fer tea?". The reply was usually "Bread and pullit"
For years I thought pullit was some sort of cheap meat. Until I learnt that pull it meant stretching the bread further.

Originally posted by artisan
Just found this under 'piecan'

It doesn't always do to let a mug know everything.
Can't you rumble? I can.
Look at Charlie Piecan.
He's a bloke as happy as the birds upon the wing.
Charlie don't believe in
Worrying and grieving.
He gave me half a quid a day or two ago, to back a horse.
The gee-gee came in last of course.
He doesn't grumble but takes his beating like a don.
He little thinks that I forgot to put the money on.

apparantly it is a music hall song from 1900's
Glad I asked.......!:help:

Since it is coming up to Christmas (too fast) thought I'd give you

Christmas is coming the geese are getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
If you haven't got a penny ha'penny will do
If you haven't got ha'penny
God Bless you!
Mary

Here is another-

Hole in me stockin'
Hole in me shoe
Hole in 'at where me 'air pokes thro'
If you 'avent silver
copper will do
an 'avent copper then
GOD BLESS YOU

"Wot tha get for Christmas den". "A got summat to wear an summat to play wi." "Wot wer dat " A pair o trowses wi oyels in't pockit" :hihi: :heyhey:

I grew up thinking (proudly!) that it was
"Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred,
Can't be druv and won't be led."

Sussex, where I live now, is "strong in the arm and thick in the head!!!

Cheers, Thursday.

There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile. He had a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse, and they all lived together in a little crooked house. :D

Here's one for New Year

Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
A pocket full of money and a cellar full of beer,
A horse and a gig and a good fat pig
To last you all next year

Seasons Greetings to All :partyhat:

What do's "Dab Handed" mean? or "A Dab Hand" my Mother was always saying this expression..where is it from??.

It means you are good at whatever it is you are doing.
As in :-

Q What is john like at woodwork
A He is a dab hand at it

It means you are good at whatever it is you are doing.
As in :-

Q What is john like at woodwork
A He is a dab hand at it

Exactly....I don't think it's specific to Sheffield though, I have heard it in lots of places.:)

i dont think mine is just used in sheffield but i thought it strange that the two words were used together "willy nilly

i know what it means,but what is a " nilly " ?

i dont think mine is just used in sheffield but i thought it strange that the two words were used together "willy nilly

i know what it means,but what is a " nilly " ?

'Willy nilly' sounds like someone with no penis.:)

"Willy Nilly" Hardly a local saying.
Song. Imagination
Written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke.
Date. before 1940.

"Imagination is silly,
You go around 'willy nilly'
For example I go around wanting you as I do,
Yet I can't imagine that you would want me to"

As near as I can remember

If we asked what was for tea, my mother would say " a run round the kitchen & a kick at the pantry door"

Our version of bread & pullit was bread & scratch it, or bread & scrape
(you put the butter on & scratch it off again)

Another answer was "stand & stare back"
My Nan's version of "standing like soft mick" was "you look like one o'clock half struck" I dont know if this is a Sheffield saying as she came from Wath.

Found these in the 'Fletchers van' Thread if they help...


Don't eat Fletchers bread
It makes you sh*t like lead
No bloody wonder
You fart like thunder
Don't eat Fletchers bread



Fletchers bread
Made of lead
If you eat it
You'll drop deadLOL.....i used to sing them rhymes too:hihi:

i dont think mine is just used in sheffield but i thought it strange that the two words were used together "willy nilly

i know what it means,but what is a " nilly " ?

Willy nilly is from the phrase
"Will he, Nil he" or "will-ye nill-ye"

the word doctor says thus:-

the original meaning was "willingly or unwillingly"

When "willy-nilly" first appeared in English around 1600, it was as a contraction of the phrase "will ye, nill ye," meaning "whether you (ye) are willing or not willing."

And the archaic word "nill" found in "willy-nilly," which meant "to be unwilling," comes from the Latin word "nil," meaning "none" or "not," which arose as a contraction of the Latin "nihil," meaning "nothing."

For most of its history, "willy-nilly" has had this "whether you want to or not" meaning -- our "sloppily" or "haphazard" meaning is a fairly recent development.

PT

Willy nilly is from the phrase
"Will he, Nil he" or "will-ye nill-ye"

the word doctor says thus:-

the original meaning was "willingly or unwillingly"

When "willy-nilly" first appeared in English around 1600, it was as a contraction of the phrase "will ye, nill ye," meaning "whether you (ye) are willing or not willing."

And the archaic word "nill" found in "willy-nilly," which meant "to be unwilling," comes from the Latin word "nil," meaning "none" or "not," which arose as a contraction of the Latin "nihil," meaning "nothing."

For most of its history, "willy-nilly" has had this "whether you want to or not" meaning -- our "sloppily" or "haphazard" meaning is a fairly recent development.

PTthanks p t, a very clear explanation

thanks p t, a very clear explanation

It wan't me, depoix, it was thanks to The Word Doctor! :)

PT

Enjoyed reading this thread... brought back memories.

If you asked anyone round our way where they had been or where they were going they would say 'Up Clough on't third nail'..... dont know why.

Also, if you wore a hat that people thought looked too small they would say 'Tek it off, it looks like a pippin on a milestone'

It still makes me wonder why I was told 'do that agen and you'll be laughing on the other side of your face!'

Did you ever stand waiting for anyone looking like 'cheese at fourpence'?

what about travelling dorn backwags to great sprottling oyal
how about using the mionor roads to travel to somewhere large in area eg hospitals

Having travelled around the pit villages of Yorkshire & parts of Derbyshire delivering bread for Gillotts in the late 50's & early 60's, it was remarkable the different sayings that came from these places.
Laykin is from Barnsley area, Mun cum is from Derbyshire,
After a visit back to Yorkshire to visit family back in the 90's, I returned to Oz with a Sheffield accent after only 3 weeks there, my kids couldn't understand me, last year I walked passed an old gent sitting on the sea wall near my home, I said Gday, to which he said ardoo, there is nothing better than hearing someone from your old home town & getting back into the old dialect.
Whenever I asked my Mother what certain things were, she would say, layhors for medlers, & if I asked when we were getting something, her answer would be, when ickey gets his eye back, who the bloody hell woz ickey ?
Just keep talkin reyt an keep all't seyins guin fot sake ur thi kids, it's an inheritance forr em.

kid, mum I'm hungry. mum, I'm angery lets fight.

kid, mum I'm hungry. mum, I'm angery lets fight.
In our house, that particular exchange always went:-

Me or my sisters:- "Mam! I'm hungry!"

Mum :- "I'm Irene. Pleased to meet you!"

PT

Interestng thread, enjoyed reading the sayings. Keep up the good work.

Thanks

Tharl gera thick ear.
Thart like a fart in a cullinder,can't gerout for oyles

Big Ben
Struck Ten
Little Ben
Sh*t is sen

I seem to remember Janet Knowles telling me that one

I remember 'nesh' feeling the cold but there was a character who on a cold day would rub his hands together and say:- 'See Vulcan's only got one today'.
Took years for me to figure it out. Vulcan is the guy on toppot Tarnall I believe. Is he made of brass?

If you've got "Totley Tom" by Tom Hague - look after it. I'ts a Limited Edition.
Tom was a workmate from me at Orgreave Pit many years ago. My original copy got burnt in The Great Pickfords Fire of 1984. I recentl found a copy in Internet and paid 20 pounds for it, plus a load od postage because I live in Germany.
I think there were only 20 thousand copies printed.

Borick
I didn't post a message about Totley Tom. I will try and look for it on the Net - - will obviously save your message - - sure I will find it'
LoL Sheff

I remember 'nesh' feeling the cold but there was a character who on a cold day would rub his hands together and say:- 'See Vulcan's only got one today'.
Took years for me to figure it out. Vulcan is the guy on toppot Tarnall I believe. Is he made of brass?

he might be copper, but the sentiment, I'm sure, remains the same...!

BTW, did you know we have another couple of statues of Vulcan dotted around the city centre... one (I believe)is on the dome of the Lyceum, the other is at the top of King Street, on what was Hornes building (Now Co-op extension) facing Primark (was C & A Modes). That one used to freak me out as a child.

Iseziantgorit Burraberrias

Iseziantgorit Burraberrias
Arberriasanawl.:thumbsup:

ardustharnow?

ardustharnow?
cusealusteksitofferme.

mefathasgorajagburritantgoranenjin asthygorrit?

mefathasgorajagburritantgoranenjin asthygorrit?
weyadwonbutweelfeloff. alreight?

hesedeeantgorritburramsureheas

Can I call I give in. I'm getting dizzy, but it's been fun- the old girl.

When we used to ask what was for tea the answer would some times be,
Horsermeddlams n pussmuck.
if we was feeling ill, we were abitofhooks

Gemini,
Way back when, when we asked my mum, what was for tea, we were always told
" A run round't table, and a kick at't cellar doo'er!"

Seem to remember my Grandad replying to what was for tea with..

run round table and kick at cellar door

but also

Stare and stand back
and

Whats up?.. always produced Sky, do you what it down to play wih

Gemini,
Way back when, when we asked my mum, what was for tea, we were always told
" A run round't table, and a kick at't cellar doo'er!"Aye me mum used t'say it anall. Another thing she used to say, if someone was bragging, Aye we had one n wheel fell off.

Whats up?.. always produced Sky, do you what it down to play wih[/QUOTE]

That used to get the reply, no its to far fetched.

Not heard this for donkey's years, but does anyone know where "Don't stand there like pithy" comes from? Who or what was Pithy? :confused:

Who or what was Pithy? :confused:

Was it Piffy (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pif1.htm)?

Not that this clarifies much ;)

Was it Piffy (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pif1.htm)?

Not that this clarifies much ;)

Ha ha - that's right - I found the same after my daughter queried my spelling! Like you say - doesn't answer the question - though might have been me dad's saying - he was a Manc!

he was a Manc!

Taxman (post #8 in this thread (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=86182)) knows it from Salford.

Not heard this for donkey's years, but does anyone know where "Don't stand there like pithy" comes from? Who or what was Pithy? :confused:

i seem to remember it's " prithee"

(from the oldendays "prithee kind sir..." (A contracture of I pray-thee..")

so in saying "don't stand there like prithee" the person is saying "don't just stand there like you're someone unwlecome, or like I have to bid you come in."

How about "supwidee"?

When I was in South Carolina I was surprised to find Yorkshire words that are used in Sheffield were spoken in the 'Gulla' language.

Gulla is the old slave language made up from a mixture of African, English, French, Irish and Yorkshire speech picked up from the slave masters etc.

It is still spoken in some areas by the slave descendants and at times I found it impossible to hold a conversation with them.

Someone may know more about this, I would be interested to hear

Happy Days!

Gullah is a "creole" language - that is, a sort of pidgin which has become the mother tongue of a community. As PopT wrote, it is the old slave language, and owes its origin to West African Pidgin English, which was used by African tribes who needed to communicate with Europeans as well as with other tribes from different language groups. Gullah has perhaps 250,000 speakers along the south-eastern coast of the U.S.A., though estimates vary. Being based to a large extent on English, it's quite possible that some dialect words have been incorporated into Gullah vocabulary, including some Yorkshire words. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah_language

Here's another one of me Dad's - he was full of 'em - "Well rot me flamin' socks" - used in times of DIY crisis etc. Any ideas - nowt on Google etc.

Na'then Gobs***es!

Ah've ad a reyt laff at this lot o'er last 'our. Thiz a lot mi mamanddad useter use.

"Tha luks a reyt Pippy show"
"Blackaz T'fireback"
"Wheerzthabintillthistime?"
"Sat theeyer like Souse" (Weeyers "souse" come from?)
"Tha's got mooer rattle than a can o' mabs"
"Tha not too old to gerraclip"
"Too strong for light work 'im"

An' tha reyt tha knows, tha can allus tell a Sheffelder, 'specially if there on't telly!

Oh 'ar, we 'ad a dog called "Piecan" an' all!

Here's another one of me Dad's - he was full of 'em - "Well rot me flamin' socks" - used in times of DIY crisis etc. Any ideas - nowt on Google etc.
We kids used to ask "How old are you Mam?" She always replied "As old as me tongue an a lirral bit older dan me teeth!"

One of my favourites of my mums was "thart like a fart in a collander!"

One of my favourites of my mums was "thart like a fart in a collander!"


can't gerrout forhoyles

I saw the thread concerning the South Yorkshire Asylum at Middlewood and it reminded me of a couple of sayings that was commonly used in Sheffield.

"If heez reight in hee'ad, I know weer theers an 'ouse full."

"If tha carries on like that, Tha'll finish up living under clock"


Happy Days!

I have a list of Yorkshire & Lancashire sentences that only people from these two counties would know.

Here are a few of them-

Intitot
Giuzit
Summatsupeer
Geritetten
Aseegeeniter
Abberritinters
Tantadnowtdunnatitesanose
Tintintin

My late mother-in law- always said, when a person cried a lot-
"Her/His eyes are to near to their bladder".

Cheers, Cynthia, Ontario, Canada.
This language should never be forgotten, I have been in Australia for 34 years
and my wife and I still talk like this when we are on our own,our grandkids think we are crazy.
Do you rember these phrases,-- artha oreet serri, or whatsupwithee.

Derek Clayton

Na'then Gobs***es!

Ah've ad a reyt laff at this lot o'er last 'our. Thiz a lot mi mamanddad useter use.

"Tha luks a reyt Pippy show"
"Blackaz T'fireback"
"Wheerzthabintillthistime?"
"Sat theeyer like Souse" (Weeyers "souse" come from?)
"Tha's got mooer rattle than a can o' mabs"
"Tha not too old to gerraclip"
"Too strong for light work 'im"

An' tha reyt tha knows, tha can allus tell a Sheffelder, 'specially if there on't telly!


Oh 'ar, we 'ad a dog called "Piecan" an' all!
As far as I can remember souse = brawn= wobbly jellied meat.
Remember she's gorra gob like parrish oven?

<snippitty>My late mother-in law- always said, when a person cried a lot-
"Her/His eyes are to near to their bladder".


my mother would say, if we'd got the "mardies" on as children:-

"Go-on then, roo-ar (cry) more, tha'll pee less!"

Hi nanrobbo, I thought souse came from soused herring. In other words pickled herring. Does that make any sense.

As kids the older ones used to say, 'Don't touch that, tha'll get canker.'

What is canker?

I never knew what it was.

Happy Days

Canker sores occur most often in females for some reason. They can be contributed to a number of factors, including poor dental hygiene, food allergies, premenstrual syndrome, a viral infection, trauma (such as biting the inside of your check or tongue), stress and fatigue. They are also occasionally associated with vitamin deficiencies. Stress is, however, probably the most common cause of these sores. For more on 'Stress Management', check out that article.

Canker sores occur most often in females for some reason. They can be contributed to a number of factors, including poor dental hygiene, food allergies, premenstrual syndrome, a viral infection, trauma (such as biting the inside of your check or tongue), stress and fatigue. They are also occasionally associated with vitamin deficiencies. Stress is, however, probably the most common cause of these sores. For more on 'Stress Management', check out that article.

I've haven't heard sores like that referred to as a canker, it's usually a "rot" more than a "sore" or an abrasion.

canker, generally does refer to an open sore, be it in animals or trees.

canker as I know it, is a name for two different diseases, one that affects trees, the other that affects dogs' ears, most often spaniel-types with long, heavy ears. http://animalpetdoctor.homestead.com/Ears.html

trees:- http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles1200/apple_canker.asp

This thread has made me giggle like mad - brilliant stuff!

I bumped into a mate who speaks broad Sheffield and, on hearing the news I was going out with an old friend said "It's took tha two daft chuffs long enough to get cooertin!" - does anywhere else apart from here still use 'courting'?

Some of my dad's favourite phrases were:

I cud eyt Dick Monk and Dick Monk's father - they were two big blokes from the Wicker I think

E's offen't 'ooks - If anyone could explain what the hooks were and why illness made you come off them, that'd be fab!

Er weet nooers, that moon-faced un, ten to two legs - physical description at its finest I reckon!

Anyone else have that problem where it's easy to write in Sheffieldish but can't actually speak it?

This thread has made me giggle like mad - brilliant stuff!

I bumped into a mate who speaks broad Sheffield and, on hearing the news I was going out with an old friend said "It's took tha two daft chuffs long enough to get cooertin!" - does anywhere else apart from here still use 'courting'?

Some of my dad's favourite phrases were:

I cud eyt Dick Monk and Dick Monk's father - they were two big blokes from the Wicker I think

E's offen't 'ooks - If anyone could explain what the hooks were and why illness made you come off them, that'd be fab!

Er weet nooers, that moon-faced un, ten to two legs - physical description at its finest I reckon!

Anyone else have that problem where it's easy to write in Sheffieldish but can't actually speak it?


I use the phrase "courting", and "off't hooks" in those same senses, too.

My mother used to use the phrase "I could eat a horse between two bread-vans!" for feeling hungry. i loved that comment, and still use it, myself.

my ex husband, I used to say, had "quart' t' three feet!" as they were like charlie chaplin's! lol

My mother used to use the phrase "I could eat a horse between two bread-vans!" for feeling hungry. i loved that comment, and still use it, myself.



I worked in Leeds for a long time and picked up their version - "I could eyt a scabby-assed donkey and't cart behind it"

Obviously they couldn't afford horses in West Yorkshire until recently ;)

In the 60s a lady moved north to Sheffield. One day she stood at her door calling to her dog."Tha berrar not stan theer an shout that name roun ere Missus " said her new neighbour.Its norra nice word ere!" The dogs name was Chuff! Apparently it was an acceptable name down South!

Hi,

Was the expression "Moonlight Flit" (people who moved out of a house in the middle of the night without paying the rent) just local to Sheffield or is it used in other parts of the country?

Regards

If I'd been out with Dad and we'd missed a meal and felt hungry, he'd always ask.

"Could tha' heyt afe a meight pie,son? Cus I cud Heyt other afe!"

Happy days!

My Grandad used to sing the'' Eyela jackala '' song which was about counting the beats. The ending was:

'' If th'all be willing
I'll bet thee a shilling
There is no more than thirty two''.

How about a favourite of mine when referring to some knowall.

"Eez gorra hee-ad as big as a fifty bob cabbage."

Happy Days!

A slightly risqe one from the late fifties - - sung to the tune of "Ghost riders in the sky"

And all at once a mighty herd
Of red eyed cows I saw -w - w!
Coming out the Barleycorn - n - n!
And trotting down the moor.
Yippee i o-o-o-o-o
Yippee i o -o-o-o-o-!
Night riders in the Sky!

Apologies.


I first heard that being sung on stage at a Working Man's Club by Ron Delta in the late 60s.

Can anybody tell me what a skopodiddle is ? Our mum was always using the word. Must have been something that wriggled a lot
:help:

A scopadiddle was a Lancashire expression. It referred to a flying shuttle on a weaving loom.

How about "supwidee"?

ahlsupwithee if thahtpayin

All reight - ahl sidee in t' orse & jockey Friday neet.

My Dad was a steel melter and always came home tired, sweat soaked and had consumed his daily ration of ale.

Mom fed him mostly on hash or stew and dumplings.

On a Sunday he came back from the pub and his first words were, "Weer's mi four square yards of Yorkshire."

He had his own square pudding tin and he'd eat the full tinful cut into four squares with plenty of gravy on them.

He was a rough man but a good father.

Happy Days?

y dunt tha shut thi kin gob up

My Dad was a steel melter and always came home tired, sweat soaked and had consumed his daily ration of ale.

Mom fed him mostly on hash or stew and dumplings.

On a Sunday he came back from the pub and his first words were, "Weer's mi four square yards of Yorkshire."

He had his own square pudding tin and he'd eat the full tinful cut into four squares with plenty of gravy on them.

He was a rough man but a good father.

Happy Days?


I remember my old granny making Yorkshire pud.
As you say, they were always square. They were bloody delicious with rabbit gravy!

An expression of my father's for a person with a downcast expression was " 'Es gorra face like a rich man's arse"

A crying child was a rooarin chabby

A dirty hovel was a mucky ockrill

You will be chastised was tha'at gunna catch a coppit

Ah, happy days

I remember my old granny making Yorkshire pud.
As you say, they were always square. They were bloody delicious with rabbit gravy!

Do you want Jam or Gravy ?

I remember some days in the early 50's, when times were hard, we got Yorkshire pud with treacle (golden syrup) for pudding after our school dinner.

I remember some days in the early 50's, when times were hard, we got Yorkshire pud with treacle (golden syrup) for pudding after our school dinner.
We ALWAYS had Yorkshire Pud with Gravy before the Sunday Roast during WW2 and after. Maybe it was to fill us up so that we didn"t eat much meat,which was served the next day as a stew.

I don't recall us ever having a roast during the war, perhaps the ration for Mum and I didn't stretch that far. Dad was away in the RAF. We made up for it after he came home though.

I don't recall us ever having a roast during the war, perhaps the ration for Mum and I didn't stretch that far. Dad was away in the RAF. We made up for it after he came home though.

We had an Uncle who was a butcher. Don"t ask me where the roast came from..I only know he always managed to come up with the Sunday Joint.Black Market perhaps?

Oh! and because there were a lot of us, we had more ration books.Food,Clothing,Sweets. Sweet rationing finally stopped in the early 50s when I started work.

Talking of Black Market meat, I remember an odd couple who had a piggery at the top of Chantrey Road.
My grandfather who had a chip shop used to give them all the potato peelings. Every so often, we found that our Sunday dinner included a huge joint of pork!

Would never have thought it after seeing your avatar!

Mike

Talking of Black Market meat, I remember an odd couple who had a piggery at the top of Chantrey Road.
My grandfather who had a chip shop used to give them all the potato peelings. Every so often, we found that our Sunday dinner included a huge joint of pork!

Shortly after the war my Dad got hold of quite a lot of freshly slaughtered illegally got pork.He put it all the bath!Mum wasn"t too happy about it at all,and told him to distribute it as quickly as possible.And we wanted the bath back too!

We seem to have hi-jacked this thread. Perhaps we should let it go back to Sheffield sayings and rhymes?

Oops! How did that happen then?

I remember my dad who was a bus driver in the 50's singing a Sheffield version of the song "It aint gonna rain no more"
"Felix on the tramway line
the driver rang his bell,
the tram went up to Ecclesall
and Felix went as well"
or "and Felix went to hell" depending on who was in the room at the time!

Would never have thought it after seeing your avatar!

Mike
My avatar isn't the jew Star of David; I happen to be a Wiccan.
It's a pentagram!!!

My mistake, my apologies however, I can assure you that I do not suffer from iodine deficiency.

I trust you will continue to enjoy your roast pork. I envy you as I am not allowed fatty foods due to a heart condition.

Mike

Do you remember this one, 'Don't gee im any moor beer landlord cus it sends him poley'.

poley=Off his head.

Happy Days!

I remember, when I was very young, Mum standing at the gate saying " Here comes thi Dad plaiting his bloody legs as usual". Whenever I see a drunken man that saying pops into mind.

When we were all dressed up in our brand new Whitsuntide clothes,my Dad used to say "You look a proper Bobbydazzler! Where did that come from?

When we were all dressed up in our brand new Whitsuntide clothes,my Dad used to say "You look a proper Bobbydazzler! Where did that come from?

Yes, I've heard that expression. I think the term, Bobby dazzler was also given to a certain type of marble at one time.

However, Whitsuntide brings memories of my going out in new clothes and being given a "Nip for new" by relatives who would then put a penny in my pocket.

At Whitsuntide we all paraded ourselves to show our rlatives and neighbours our new outfits.

One old bloke used to say, 'Tha looks as good as a two Bob horse'

As well as show off our clothes we always accepted the money which was always handed out by them.

Happy Days!

Does anyone know the full version of this song?? Or the name of it?

some lines i can remember my dad singing to me as a kid:

"now beer bills barmy babies,
beer has stood the test
what did Adam say when he first met Eve?
Beer is best!
'av another one, makes you fit
makes you strong
puts more muscle in your old ping pong"

tintupear

tintdowndareever

lost it then mi old cocker

Just before I set off to join the Navy my mother called ma aside and said she had some advice for me as I entered this new big world. I thought oh! oh! here we go with the birds and the bees lecture and all the evils that I might encounter. She looke me straight in the eye and said "If tha guz t' mill expect to get dusty" -that was it and to this day it is probable that most sound piece of advice I have ever received. It applies to almost every decison you make and also sets out the consequences. Amazing.

Oo duz tha think thy art? Ickey Thump? (Who the heck is he?)

I dont know if you'd call this a Sheffield saying or what, but when we were kids back in the 30s, 40s, and playing cricket in the backyards, 90% of the time we'd use a tennis ball. Sometimes some lunatic would introduce a proper cricket ball into the games. We used to refer to this proper ball as a 'corky' ball. Usually there wasn't any leather left as an outer cover just the hard inside. Some of them looked like chunks of rock.

I remember that term for 'real' cricket balls, also, a 'casey' was a real...as in leather....football.

I dont know if you'd call this a Sheffield saying or what, but when we were kids back in the 30s, 40s, and playing cricket in the backyards, 90% of the time we'd use a tennis ball. Sometimes some lunatic would introduce a proper cricket ball into the games. We used to refer to this proper ball as a 'corky' ball. Usually there wasn't any leather left as an outer cover just the hard inside. Some of them looked like chunks of rock.

In Junior School during the war, we only ever had 'corky' balls for cricket as new ones were virtually impossible to get.
Only when I went to Grammar School in 1945 did we get decent equipment.

I remember that term for 'real' cricket balls, also, a 'casey' was a real...as in leather....football.Dont remember the term 'casey', but certainly caseball was used to refer to a proper football.
Actually 'casey' sounds a bit Liverpudlian.

Dont remember the term 'casey', but certainly caseball was used to refer to a proper football.
Actually 'casey' sounds a bit Liverpudlian.

no its defo sheff we used to call our leather football a casey . id only get the casey out for a good match otherwise it was the crap ball

Talking of the Lady she used to swan about in a mink coat all the time (wife of Sir Bernard Docker head of Daimler she died in 1983 I Think)

My Gran use to say, of women from working class background who dressed above their staition or swanned about as if they had loads of money, were:-

"all fur coat and no nickers"
:hihi:

My Mum too says the all fur coat too

Our old rent collector was overweight and wore a large suitwhich was very tight and didn't cover him.

Dad used to say, "Don't tek any heed of 'im son, heez all arse and pockets an' ot 'air."

Happy Days!