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.
February
4 years ago
Another that springs immediately to mind (because I too use it as a toast all the time): "Success to temperence.".
ReplyDeleteNana 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.
My dad used to say that too....up the wooden hill. And
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