My grandmother-in-law (Bradford) when in a tiz would exclaim "Eee, I don't know if I'm on this Earth or Fuller's!"
I remember my grandmother (Hamsterley Colliery, Co Durham) whitening the front edge of the step with a Donkey Stone, but I don't know what it was made of. She certainly didn't make it at home - I assume that like most things, it came from 'The Stores' i.e. the Co-oP.