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Rowan Folklore: Old sayings from childhood (232* d) RE: Folklore: Old sayings from childhood 16 Apr 10


From keel to truck, meaning from top to bottom (albeit in reverse order) often referring to how well one had or hadn't washed

Slower than a wet week = taking an inordinately long time

Not as green as he's cabbage-looking = not as clueless as he's trying to pretend.

As popular as a pork chop in a synagogue (often, these days, with mosque instead of synagogue) or as popular as a fart in a bottle or as a fart in church

Shake a leg (or) Unwrap your rung = get a wriggle on = hurry up!

Variations on some above
"I see it all", said the blind man, when he really couldn't see at all.

Bright as a new pin

Queen Anne front and Mary Anne behind ; more or less equivalent to "Not as smart as it looks" but also to "All fur coat and nae knickers"

More trouble than a barrel of monkeys

Cheers, Rowan


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