Ee by gum... great yorkshire sayings.

[Bbbananas]

I was just about to post a question asking where the above expression originated (an old geezer here has just come out with it). I know it means 'oh goodness', 'by gawd', 'wow' etc etc. However I decided to google it. I still don't know its origin, but I have come across this little ditty which I will share with you:

"Ee by gum
Does your belly touch your bum
Do your b@lls hang low
Do they dangle to & fro
Can you tie them in a knot
Can you tie them in a bow
Can you sling em o'er your shoulder
Like a continental soldier

Well, it made me smile.

[mrs_overall]

A neighbour of mine has the car reg no. EB1 GUM.

[jackthehat]

This is also the reverse of Mugabe..................

[dot.hawkes]

I used to sell a record by a group called Fivepenny Piece calle Ee By Gum , that was back in 1970something. I think it is more an east lancashire saying than a west yorkshire saying.
In Todmorden, which is now in lancashire but didn;t used to be when my ancestors first lived there, they say
'they look with their fingers in bacup.'

[mrs_overall]

Blimey jack, that's well spotted....tha knows!

[redcrx]

how about this salla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32eSB0ZRPxQ

Spawny eyed, parrot faced wazzock always makes me smile

"I'll never forget that first day at t'pit.
Me an' mi father worked a 72 hour shift, then wi walked home 43 mile through t'snow in us bare feet, huddled inside us clothes med out o' old sacks.
Eventually we trudged over t'hill until wi could see t'street light twinklin' in our village.
Mi father smiled down at mi through t'icicles hangin' off his nose. "Nearly home now lad", he said.
We stumbled into t'house and stood there freezin' cold and tired out, shiverin' and miserable, in front o' t' meagre fire........

[redcrx]

........Any road, mi mam says "Cheer up, lads. I've got you some nice brown bread and butter for yer tea."
Ee, mi father went crackers. He reached out and gently pulled mi mam towards 'im by t'throat. "You big fat, idle ugly wart", he said. "You gret useless spawny-eyed parrot-faced wazzock." ('E had a way wi words, mi father. He'd bin to college, y'know). "You've been out playin' bingo all afternoon instead o' gettin' some proper snap ready for me an' this lad", he explained to mi poor, little, purple-faced mam.
Then turnin' to me he said "Arthur", (He could never remember mi name), "here's half a crown. Nip down to t'chip 'oyl an' get us a nice piece o' 'addock for us tea. Man cannot live by bread alone."
He were a reyt tater, mi father.
He said as 'ow workin' folk should have some dignity an' pride an' self respect, an' as 'ow they should come home to summat warm an' cheerful.
An' then he threw mi mam on t'fire.
We didn't 'ave no tellies or shoes or bedclothes.
We med us own fun in them days.
Do you know, when I were a lad you could get a tram down into t'town, buy three new suits an' an ovvercoat, four pair o' good boots, go an' see George Formby at t'Palace Theatre, get blind drunk, 'ave some steak an' chips, bunch o' bananas an' three stone o' monkey nuts an' still 'ave change out of a farthing.
We'd lots o' things in them days they 'aven't got today - rickets, diptheria, Hitler and my, we did look well goin' to school wi' no backside in us trousers an' all us little 'eads painted purple because we 'ad ringworm.
They don't know they're born today!!!"

[Bbbananas]

Good God Red, a lot of thought and work went into that. Pour ye'sen a cup o'tea lad.

[logic]

ha ha good un,

[dot.hawkes]

reet graidly our red, set then sen dwn an tek weight off

[mccfluff]

oh my god i havent heard this in years -

[cab]

Niver mind that wharra aboot cumbrian dialect marras ?

[dustypuss]

best post f yonks red

have a ( kipper tie) that's brummy for cuppa tea

[Calvados]

Yorkshire born, Yorkshire bred.
Strong 'ith arm, thick 'ith 'ead.

Hear all, see all, say nowt.
Have all, take all pay nowt
And if ever tha does owt fer nowt
Doo it fer thee sen.

[Calvados]

Or this try this:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o-j1pGx_yqQ

[Calvados]

Actually, I seem to remember that Five Penny Piece were from Ashton-under-Lyne. Or Ayshton, as they say.

[Info Bank]

Or try this one .

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BM8b7vihcXQ

This to do more with the origional post.

[jackthehat]

Tha can allus tell a Yorksheeremun..............'appen tha can niver tell 'im much !

[Info Bank]

Translated i think it means you can always tell a Yorkshireman but you cant tell him Much....LOL.