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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

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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..........

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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"

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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.

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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?

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

:help:

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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.

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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

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