BILDEBORG   10 #1 Posted August 1, 2005 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! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Splodge_CRB   10 #2 Posted August 1, 2005 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
janjan21 Â Â 10 #3 Posted August 1, 2005 Intresting to read i never herd of either poems carry on the good work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Texas   10 #4 Posted August 2, 2005 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Fareast   10 #5 Posted August 2, 2005 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
candystick   10 #6 Posted August 2, 2005 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jmdee   10 #7 Posted August 3, 2005 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Texas   10 #8 Posted August 3, 2005 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dawny1   10 #9 Posted August 4, 2005 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
nanrobbo   12 #10 Posted August 5, 2005 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' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Don_Kiddick   11 #11 Posted August 5, 2005 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" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
LoopyLou   10 #12 Posted August 5, 2005 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...