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Colleen Easlon
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Colleen
Port Orford
OR
USA
49 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 05 2011 : 10:46:29 AM
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When we couldn't find something, and it turned out to be nearby grammy would say "if it was a snake it would have bit you".
Or when something is lost, instead of blaming someone it's "the invisible fairy strikes again". |
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Kaydee
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
Kelli
Texas
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2011 : 10:07:57 AM
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My dad used to tell me that once I was an adult I'd have to "root hog or die", meaning he wasn't going to help take care of me for the rest of my life. Also, he'd say "Every tub has to sit on it's own bottom" and "If you make your bed hard, you're going to be the one to lie in it". All sayings to make me grow up and be responsible for myself. I sure miss my daddy! I love reading all of these old sayings everyone is posting!
Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is the meaning of success. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Tea Lady
True Blue Farmgirl
645 Posts
Lorraine
Morris
IL
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2011 : 06:41:16 AM
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I just got this email and thought it would fit well into this thread. Kind of cute and wise at the same time...
An old Farmer's Words of Wisdom we could all live by.......
Advice:
“Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.”
“Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.”
“Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.”
“A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.”
“Words that soak into your ears are whispered…....not yelled.”
“Meanness don't just happen overnight.”
“Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.”
“Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.”
“It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.”
“You cannot unsay a cruel word.”
“Every path has a few puddles.”
“When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.”
“The best sermons are lived, not preached.”
“Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.”
“Don't judge folks by their relatives.
“Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.”
“Live a good and honorable life, then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.”
“Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you none.”
“Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.”
“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.”
“Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
“The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.”
“Always drink upstream from the herd.”
“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.”
“Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.”
“If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.”
“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, Speak kindly, and leave the rest to God.”
“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”
Lorraine
(aka Tea Lady)
Farmgirl #1819
www.birdsandteas.com |
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hummingbirdjoy
True Blue Farmgirl
1217 Posts
Linda
Washington State
USA
1217 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 12:08:47 AM
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Lorraine,
Thanks for that list, there are some real jewels in there I
want to remember and got some good laughs out of a few too.
A dear friend in his 80's used this saying whenever he found
an exceptionally good bargain or some great advice...
"You can't beat that with a stick!"
Another my Scottish grandmother use to say a lot was
"Waste not, want not"
What I make with my
hands, I give with my heart .... |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 01:08:09 AM
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| Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you. |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 12:55:25 PM
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I'm really enjoying this thread...I can hear my Grandparents voices.....
Sister-chick# 905(Sept.14th 2009)
Judy
French-Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman-
"Why couldn't I have been born Rich instead of So Good Looking?" |
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pinokeeo
True Blue Farmgirl
559 Posts
Phyllis
Oregon
USA
559 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2011 : 10:37:21 PM
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My favorites: "Slicker than a pewter dollar in a mudhole" and "Some days you get the elevator and some days you get the shaft."
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I cannot master those things that I have not tried.
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Clee
Farmgirl in Training
17 Posts
Cindy
Hampton
VA
USA
17 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2011 : 11:47:10 PM
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My dad had some real pleasers...like this one: "You're a fart on a griddle!"
You can take the girl from the farm, but never the farm from the girl.
http://www.thenourishednana.blogspot.com |
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Kirksmom71
True Blue Farmgirl
873 Posts
Mel
Dallas
Texas
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - Oct 28 2011 : 7:45:19 PM
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Yeah Cindy......My Mom used to tell me to "stop jumpin' around like a fart in a mitten!"
My best to all,
Mel
Sassy City Girl with Farmgirl Fantasies! |
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sissarge
True Blue Farmgirl
502 Posts
Linda
Montgomery
Texas
USA
502 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2011 : 5:59:23 PM
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I have to share one that my hubby taught me. Example if I get up and get a cookie from the kitchen and go sit down to watch tv. He asks "what those come like dead men?" Ya know one to a box. And I could have brought him one.
I have used it and even my children use it. It always strikes me funny. I don't mean no disrespect, if any one gets offended. Farmgirl #946 Linda |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2011 : 2:54:43 PM
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No Linda, I think it's cute & funny! Never heard it before. Thanks for sharing. Gonna try it out on hubby! *teehee*
Sister-chick# 905(Sept.14th 2009)
Judy
French-Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman-
"Why couldn't I have been born Rich instead of So Good Looking?" |
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