willybite Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 It may have been my voice I know but all we ever got was "Wiv ad sumbody" !! which was taken as a no, but it never stopped that feeling of anticipation at the next door we sang at.. Where we just simple minded back then in the days before TV, I don't know, but I wouldn't want to try it now when Corrie was on....... hiya, i remember a discription one calling another, a get,like he's an idle get ,or he's a lucky get. never made sense to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymondo1952 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Foggs= to go first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinder Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Foggs= to go first That's reminds me of "KINGS", when you crossed your fingers....stepping out of the game for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 hiya, i remember a discription one calling another, a get,like he's an idle get ,or he's a lucky get. never made sense to me I understood get to be a slightly better (note, slightly) way of saying ba..- erm.. "illegitimate" *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) It may have been my voice I know but all we ever got was "Wiv ad sumbody" !! which was taken as a no, but it never stopped that feeling of anticipation at the next door we sang at.. Where we just simple minded back then in the days before TV, I don't know, but I wouldn't want to try it now when Corrie was on....... Christmas was caroling, but New Years was "mummering". Blacked your face with soot and went around singing, "Happy New Year, happy New Year Plenty of money and a celler full of beer. Hole in mi stocking, hole in mi shoe Please can you spare us a copper or two? Then usually if they had had a drink or two, they would invite you in to poke the fire. Not sure why but it seemed a good luck tradition for them. Then a verse or two of Old Land Sign, pass around the tin can and off to the next. Edited July 12, 2013 by trastrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinder Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) OOO ! he went off alarmin.. Ee lost his rag reight. He threw a wobbler.................He had a temper tantrum...... Edited July 12, 2013 by grinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9farmboy9 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Lankey, someone over 5ft11 and slim built. Lankey streak of bacon was the expression used. A sneck was the hooked lever opposite the spoon side on the outhouse door, sometimes used as a nickname for someone with a long nose. Jaspers were wasps Lakin. playing, as in What tha lakin around at Oer yon, over there Seller-ed, The top of the Cellar Gubbins, items or belongings bobbar, number twos crow, or bogie, nose refuse. Larakin someone who only made it halfway to being a wit. charlie a half charlie was a half housebrick gobbo cement, brickies would shout this from the top of a building if they needed more. lots of words seem like slang names but are just a really bad pronunciation of the original word, Booits, shoys and cooat are 3 examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymondo1952 Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 Snott rag /hanky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Lug oil = ear trammel = useless paraphernalia Slobbing = when oversized hand me down shoes leave a raw blister at the back of your heel. maw = spam, prem Some Indian expressions kaibosh bakshee palaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Lug oil = ear trammel = useless paraphernalia Slobbing = when oversized hand me down shoes leave a raw blister at the back of your heel. maw = spam, prem Some Indian expressions kaibosh bakshee palaver Bakshee is from the arabic, "Baksheesh" or charity/ gift/ tip. trammel? I know "Trantlements" or "rammel", both of which mean paraphernalia. Kybosh:- yep, "that's put the kybosh on that Idea!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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