Sayings From The 1930S And 1940S

[Coppit]

An aunt who used to make sure I washed properly before bedtime used to say. 'You could plant a field of cabbages in there'. (ears) Also during WWII 'Lets's put the (radio) News on to see if the Dutch...

[brian j john]

When I used to go out My mother would say put clean underwear on in case you get run over and have to go to hospital .
And don't come home here dead

[davebro]

Go and get 5 lb of spuds. Fetch 'em in yer cap.

[Barsel]

I remember someone saying about growing potatoes in there (ears) but the radio was always referred to as the wireless.

[Atheist]

"Spuds in your socks" referred to having holey socks.
"Up me a***e peeling spuds" was a rude reply to being asked "Weers tha bin?"

[Atheist]

"Two boiled eggs in a tommy-rag" referred to very tight jeans.

[Ken4155]

"Halt! Wer dorthin geht?"

[Ken4155]

Atheist, if i asked my dad where such and such was, he'd reply, "Up my a**e on 2nd shelf."

[davebro]

"A sneck lifter" a few coppers to buy your first 1/2 of beer - then you could cadge the rest!

[Mamyalynne]

Repetition was common.is that why there two threads?

I don't go back that far but spuds were what grew between unwashed toes.

[Atheist]

Mamy, I always thought that 'spuds' were the dirty foot bumps which bulged out through the holes in the socks. The black bits between toes were called liquorice nibbles (we once smuggled some lovely black dope back into the country between our toes).

[Stargazer]

Two shakes of a lambs tail; A hens nose full.