Sayings from childhood

[manonthemoon2]

I used to love raw potatoes and my mum (bless her) used to say it would give me worms

[Sparkle]

My cousin used to say I'm off to point percy at the porcelaine

[Pathca]

I used to love raw potatoes and my mum (bless her) used to say it would give me worms

I used to be told sugar would give me worms until I announced an old auntie had worms you could see them,they were the prominent veins under her skin

[Doug]

For mami it was always raw cabbage according to her nan.
Didn't give me any as a youngster, when going out into the field to pick it along with kale tops, I ate my full.
Same with first carrots, just wiped them on my trousers and ate them still do when pulling up the first of the year.

[L Austin France]

Same with first carrots, just wiped them on my trousers and ate them still do when pulling up the first of the year.

My old nan used to say " you'll eat a peck of dirt before you die".

[michael86]

My grandad used to say, "I've got to see a man about a dog", when he went off to use the toilet.