The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #171245   Message #4141703
Posted By: Steve Shaw
15-May-22 - 06:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: Olde Sayings
Subject: RE: BS: Olde Sayings
Well I'll go to t'foot of our stair...

My gran avoided expletives by inserting substitute words. "Bloody hell" became "blood and stomach pills" and "as happy as pigs in shite" became "as happy as pigs in Shudehill." :-)