'What were they on about?' What Grandparents from Sheffield used to say.

[Grandad.Malky 11]

Summat to do with poke=sack.

 

You'd buy a pig tied up in a sack from someone on trust, only to find out when you opened it up that you'd bought a dead dog or something else just as worthless.

 

Similar to these bent sales pitches that sell sealed boxes for a fiver.

 

That’s it although I have to admit I hadn’t a clue the first time I heard my Nan use it.

[BettyBooHoo! 10]

Summat to do with poke=sack.

 

You'd buy a pig tied up in a sack from someone on trust, only to find out when you opened it up that you'd bought a dead dog or something else just as worthless.

 

Similar to these bent sales pitches that sell sealed boxes for a fiver.

 

I always thought people were refering to a messy/untidy person in a small place! You learn something new every day so you do.

[saxon51 10]

I always thought people were refering to a messy/untidy person in a small place! You learn something new every day so you do.

You're thinking of a tramp in a phonebox:hihi:

[BettyBooHoo! 10]

You're thinking of a tramp in a phonebox:hihi:

 

Yes! That's what I would have previously described as a Pig in a Poke, but now I know better!

[lyndyloo 10]

if mam was goin out she used to tell me she was goin to see.. a man about a dog.another one was ,im goin to hell to pump thunder.

[Grandad.Malky 11]

Well I’ll go to foot of our stairs.

[SILLY 10]

Another on is well I'll go to the foot of our stairs. I don't know why the foot of the stairs but it was what she said when surprised by something.

[smuffin 10]

i was never a mardy arse but I did a lot of scroaming abart and often called a muck tub

[saxon51 10]

Yon fella dunt know 'is arse frum 'is elbow.

 

If she bends down anymoor tha'll be able t' see reight up Division St.

 

Careful tha dunt slip or tha'll split thi diff'rence.

 

Stop pickin' thi nooez or thi 'ead'll cave in.

 

Gerrit down thi neck. It'll stick to thi ribs.

[flyer 10]

I am 36 and know this means a good scrum/clean/tidy up etc.

 

I think fettlin comes from actually fettling which is grinding etc what most of our (Sheffield) granddads did in the day due to the steel industry. When you grind something in the steel industry you are removing all the rubbish from the surface.

Spot on, knock all the rough edge's off in the casting foundry

[Oldkezza77 10]

What about 'gerrit it etten or it'll be clock cold'.

[lyndyloo 10]

lerem rooa theyll pee less. itll nor hurt when its better