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Across the Fence:  Sayings  |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
 Posted - May 26 2009 : 11:31:29 AM
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Remember mom always saying "If your friends jumped of a bridge would you?" or "It's only funny until someone gets hurt?". I would tell my kids "It's going to be ok as long as no one gets hurt" and " when you die, you only take your name with you, so make it a good one. and their favorite, the 3 words all kids need to hear "Keep it covered" Usually followed with "I Love You".
So, do you have any favorite family saying's??
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 11:38:48 AM
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3 generation of women in my family have said, "Get outdoors and get the stink blown off ya!" My mom said it usually when I was getting under her feet in the house. My grandmother said it to her, and now I say it to my dogs, and will probably say it to Violet when she's older.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
1534 Posts
Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
1534 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 11:56:03 AM
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My mom always said if you are that bored I will find you something to do (usually chores, icky ones) and I always said the same thing to my kids when they complained of nothing to do. The other one was "Were you brought up in a barn?" when we'd leave the front door open. I said it to my kids and my husband who grew up in Great Neck NY (of Chinese heritage) was horrified. I couldn't believe that he'd never heard that saying.
Sheri |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 12:16:37 PM
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A big one at our house was "Do you want me to come over to your house and jump on your couch?" This was Grandma's way of saying for us to mind our manners at her house. I still smile now thinking about her saying that. When I finally did get my own house and my very own couch, I was just waiting for her to jump on it! ;) I say this to Tori all the time...lol
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Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
"You are my strength when I am weak. You are the treasure that I seek. You are my all in all. Seeking You as a precious jewel; Lord, to give up I'd be a fool. You are my all in all."
Stop by my blog for a visit www.messiejessie2.blogspot.com |
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Especially For You
True Blue Farmgirl
541 Posts
Tina
Watkinsville
GA
541 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 1:20:23 PM
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One of the ones my Mom would say when we lived in snow states was " Don't eat the yellow snow" when ever we went outside. Like Duh! Another thing she said and it was the last thing she said to me was when I told her "I love you" she always said "I love you more" I find myself telling my grandchildren that. A little bit of Mom.
I miss her.
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crafter
True Blue Farmgirl
2313 Posts
lori
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
USA
2313 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 1:34:20 PM
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Growing up in Wisconsin, we would get dressed to play outside during the winter and leave the back door open and my mom would ALWAYS say- "close the door- were you born in a barn?" most days I wouldn't mind living in a barn!
xoxo-Lori
Thank GOD I'm a Country Girl! |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 1:38:58 PM
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Two I find myself saying to my 17 yo DD are two my daddy would say to me before I left the house on the week-ends: "Be good. And if you can't be good, be careful." And "Keep it between the lines."
One my mama would say alot to us was "Spit in one hand and want in the other and see which one fills up faster." That one always disgusted me. Especially when she'd say it to my little brother and he'd start spitting in his hand!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 2:02:56 PM
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When we were doing something my mom didn't like she would yell at us, " I'm going to rip off your arm and beat you with it." Good grief. :~*
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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downbranchroad
True Blue Farmgirl
374 Posts
Joy
Southern
KY
USA
374 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 4:42:51 PM
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I had a "mountain granny" that lived in the mountains of southern KY. Even though she lived in a log house with no indoor plumming (I can remember 1966 when she got electric on the mountian) she was very picky about some things.
She would always make us brush our teeth, brush our hair and wash our face as soon as we got out of bed in the mornings. She would always say "youngn' yore head looks like a stump full of grand-daddies" go brash yore hair.
She also always used the word "poke" for a paper sack.
the word "fetch" to go get something
The word "grip" for a tote or suitcase
Dreckley - in a little while
Girls, I find myself using these words more and more! Does that mean I am getting old?
Appalachian Girl
Jem
*If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.
http://downbranchroad.blogspot.com |
Edited by - downbranchroad on May 26 2009 5:01:19 PM |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 4:56:24 PM
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Oh I remember "sayings" well...
"those who live in glass house shan't throw stones"
"keep yer skirt down" (have fun, but not too much)
"cuter than a freckled pup"
"dont get yer knickers in a knot"
And my personal favorite "that smells like the south end of a dead skunk" HAHAHAHA!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
http://harvestthyme.blogspot.com
~live big, ride hard, and shoot straight~ |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 5:00:48 PM
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lol...I love the knickers one Dawn...I used to hear that from time to time..lol
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Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
"You are my strength when I am weak. You are the treasure that I seek. You are my all in all. Seeking You as a precious jewel; Lord, to give up I'd be a fool. You are my all in all."
Stop by my blog for a visit www.messiejessie2.blogspot.com |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 5:53:43 PM
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Teresa Sue, I received a "lecture" once in the Winn-Dixie from this little ol' lady for saying that to my then 4 yo baby girl!! The baby girl just laughed at me. 
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2009 : 05:33:02 AM
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Joy, I love those stories about your Gran...I could listen all day!
It got me thinking of how my Great Gran, Theodocia, called her couch a "davenport". She lived in a shotgun house that was 80 years old in 1918 when they bought it, and it creaked and swayed with harsh winds. Davenport was a real "lofty" word for sofa, and it always cracked me up that she used it. "Jon-Carol (me), don't put your dirty feet on the davenport!".
She also used to say "your neck is so dirty you could grow a potato on it!"
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2009 : 07:31:02 AM
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Grandaddy had one reply whenever I complained about school: "Don't you listen to them other damn kids. They don't want to learn. You listen to the teacher. She won't tell you wrong."
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2009 : 07:49:11 AM
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That reminds me, too, Jessie, of my father who said, "I don't care what the other kids are doing, I only care about what YOU'RE doing and you aren't going to do that!"
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
Edited by - FebruaryViolet on May 27 2009 07:50:03 AM |
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melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2009 : 08:08:48 AM
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A few I grew up with-
Cop a squat-- find a seat
You're not holding your mouth right-- something's not going the way it should
Too many hands in the pot-- usually used when there's too many women in the kitchen
Melanie
Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says "Oh Crap, She's up!"
Blog~ http://wheelsarealwaysturning.blogspot.com/ |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2009 : 11:05:41 AM
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Oh yeah!! one more:
"You sound like a 'crap' salesman with a mouthful of samples."
Thats when you were mumbling and needed to speak up and enunciate better.
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
http://harvestthyme.blogspot.com
~live big, ride hard, and shoot straight~ |
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C.W.
True Blue Farmgirl
101 Posts
Chelsea
Prosser
WA
USA
101 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2009 : 6:36:39 PM
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Dawn, your family has very creative sayings...hilarious.
Jonni, my grandma still calls a couch a davenport.
The main thing I heard from my mamma was 'if so and so jumps off a cliff, will you'
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C.W.
True Blue Farmgirl
101 Posts
Chelsea
Prosser
WA
USA
101 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2009 : 6:38:05 PM
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| Melanie~ I just noticed your tag line. My girlfriend emailed me something with that statement, I thought it was great! |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2009 : 7:18:47 PM
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My mom had a lot of good ones...sometimes they sounded cruel, but they really were funny. She would say.....
you are smarter than you look and it is a darn good thing.
Folks in hell want ice water
That is not worth a plug nickel in my book ( I always wondered what a plug nickel is)
Pretty is as pretty does
You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar
Blood is thicker than water
That went through her like physic through a duck.... (this she said about a gossip)
I could go on and on......but I always loved her sayings......they came down from her family.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2009 : 09:15:32 AM
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I love the Folks in hell want ice water one.. I hadn't heard that one till about a year ago.. It's nicer to say to the kids then s**t in one hand and wish in the other..
I tell my children to "get your nose back" if they poke into my mixing bowl with dirty fingers or just generally get under foot.
I told one of them to 'take a seat Peat' and they told me their name wasn't Pete! or 'that's the plan Stan'
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
http://ATeddyForKeeps.org
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2009 : 09:41:53 AM
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C.W., that's so funny that your gran calls the sofa a davenport, too! I remember thinking to myself, "What the heck is she talking about????" I'd never known it by any other name than couch!
My daddy also said "Hard Times will make a monkey eat red pepper" meaning: desperate times call for desperate measures.
"like water off a ducks back"
"Don't get your nose bent out of shape". Don't get offended
My grandma Helen always said, "I didn't come down with yesterday's rain!" meaning, you can't fool me!
My mom always said (because she did not and does not swear) "I'm so mad I could spit!" That's when you knew to go to your room and stay there....allllll day!
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
1465 Posts |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2009 : 3:03:32 PM
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In our house, we always had a davenport, an icebox, paper sacks, pop, and chester drawers.....
Mom would always say I was not born yesterday, and I did not just fall of the turnip truck....and you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip. What is the dfeal with turnips? :)
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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C.W.
True Blue Farmgirl
101 Posts
Chelsea
Prosser
WA
USA
101 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2009 : 5:44:12 PM
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Ditto with the I was not born yesterday.
Seems as though all my mom's sayings came from me try to slip something by her.
Another one was I have eyes in the back of my head
So true she always found out about everything..... well almost everything:) |
Edited by - C.W. on May 28 2009 5:44:45 PM |
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