Monday 27 April 2009

Things my Grandmother said

I have thought of a couple more things that Nana used to say that rarely get a mention in our house:-

Up the little wooden hills to bed.

This and better might do. This and worse will never do!

I love the second of those two. So often appropriate to my lifestyle nowadays.
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  1. Graham Edwards28 April 2009 at 14:50

    Another that springs immediately to mind (because I too use it as a toast all the time): "Success to temperence.".
    Nana also used to say "I'll drink to your health 'till I ruin my own." Ironic as she rarely drank alcohol.
    But my favourite was her rhyme
    "I chased a bug around a tree. I'll have his bood he knows I will." It was probably regarded as being quite risqué when she was younger.

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  2. debby emadian3 July 2010 at 06:20

    My dad used to say that too....up the wooden hill. And

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