What did it mean?

[Blueflame]

When i was a lad (in the 50s) and being naughty or cheeky, my great aunt ( a Yorkshire lass ) used to shout "dash your rags" you little etc. I've never heard the term since,has anyone else ever heard of it,or am i losing the plot?

[4getmenot]

my mum is a yorkshire lass and not one I've ever heard her mention

[DTCwordfan]

version of "lose your rag" per chance?

[marval]

My Dad was from Yorkshire and I have relatives there, but I have never heard it used.

[DTCwordfan]

or its an old mill expression for tearing your clothes in the machinery.....and hence a little vagabond...

[denis567]

I have lived in Yorkshire all my life (75 years) and I cannot remember ever hearing that expression.

[nescio]

Blueflame,
where in Yorkshire was your great aunt from ?
Yorkshire is a pretty big county, however you choose to split it, and dialectal usage varies a lot in different parts.
It is not a phrase with which I am familiar either ( raised in Bradford).

[Blueflame]

Rotherham

[4getmenot]

granded was idle. He really was lol

[Ankou]

i imagine it meant somehting simple, along the lines of 'get out of here you little scalliwag'.

dash - run/strike
rags - clothes, usually scruffy, toe-rag etc

so dash your rags, could simply have meant, run away in your clothes (before i knock yer block off).

[Blueflame]

Like your answer Ankou----begs a question--where did scalliwag come from?