The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #62965   Message #1020613
Posted By: GUEST,madwaff at work
17-Sep-03 - 06:58 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Old sayings from childhood
Subject: RE: BS: Old sayings from childhood
All about like a fart in a fan (Grandad's favorite)

If you sit on concrete you'll get kingcough (I think they meant piles....!)

About as much use as a chocolate fireguard

Scrub your nails, they're black-bright

You have the brains of a rocking-horse!

...and Mum's usual cry - "I want to tie a label on you saying 'this child was clean when she left home'..."

madwaff