OLD SAYINGS??

A modern saying often used on 'puter forums/fori:
Ask yourself "do I really want to say that", before hitting the send button.

The one about white feet/socks I still hear from the old guys when dealing with horses.

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. ~Winston Churchill

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. ~W.C. Fields

Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground. (that's my favourite)

It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb

The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb

 

Funny this one, because when I was a kid my family kept horses. Four white socks added considerable value, though I don't know why because our 'nags' often did better than our more refined steeds.

As an aside, when buying or selling a horse from/to certain folks who were very much into their superstition, sometimes we would have to stand and watch for hours waiting for the horse to roll. Its value was deemed to be £100 for each time it rolled right over, plus £50 for each time it did a half roll.

 

Best things come in small parcels.

My Mum & Dad always used to say this to me as I never grew to be as tall as my sisters. I'm 5'1" and in fact I am now shrinking!!!!!!! I shall end up like a garden gnome!!!

Val

 

Ziggy, my mum always talks about being 'like a cow with a gun' whenever she makes a mess of anything. I'm glad you've heard something similar as I just assumed she was bats.

 

One Mans Meat Is Another Mans Poison.

A full Purse Never Lacks Friend's.

A Good Man Makes A Good Wife.

 

many a mickle makes a muckle

 

Perhaps by the water movement???

Val

 

Thought about that Val, but the wind only affects the top few metres & will only really cause a difference by piling the incoming tide up. The fish we are after from a boat can be 70 to 120 metres down, yet they still go off the feed. I think the answer is deeper than we can fathom ( excuse pun ) Could be a change in the planktons behaviour that has a knock on effect on the bait fish feeding on it. Easterlies are generally colder so it might make the plankton decend.

 

"Is The Cat Deid" Means you are wearing your your trousers a bit short .

"Hell Slap It Intae Ye " Means Its Your Own Fault.

"Skinny Malinky Longlegs Umbrella Feet" Means A Tall Thin Person.

As far as i know these are Old Scottish Saying's ..

 

Well I was born in the East End of London so am technically a cockney and we definitely didn't have any sayings like these!!!!

Val

 

'Spoiling the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar.'

 

My Taiwanese mate told me this one (translated into English of course):

"The tree that bends in the wind wont break".

He mentioned it casually while I was stood in the garden during a strong wind, worrying about the tree bending all over the place. It took me several hours to realise he wasn't just talking literally about trees in the wind.

 

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

 

He who chases two rabbits, will catch none.