hollydolly
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they don't come cuter than that , do they
Anything Scottish, just for fun!
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hollydolly
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we used to get a poke of chips, or a poke of sweeties.... or sherbetAwww, did you have some treacle toffees and a pokey hat to help
hollydolly
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Dunno if anyone has alreaddy posted this but one of our favourite skipping or ball songs was
Auntie Mary had a Canary
Up the leg of 'er drawers.’
It widnae come doon...for half a croon ( money)
..so it won the Victoria Cross
Auntie Mary had a Canary
Up the leg of 'er drawers.’
It widnae come doon...for half a croon ( money)
..so it won the Victoria Cross
There were more verses too, Holly.
Capt Lightning
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Totey - not sure of spelling - means 'small'. If it's very small, then it's 'totey wee'.
High heidyin. literally a high head one eg. the big boss or someone with pretensions of being one. Often cynical / disparaging description.
High heidyin. literally a high head one eg. the big boss or someone with pretensions of being one. Often cynical / disparaging description.
Grampa Don
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I looked at the genealogy charts my brother did and discovered that the parents of one of my great grandmothers were both from Scotland. I think that makes me 1/8 part Scottish. I wonder which part that is.
Mizmo
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I remember at the cinema on the Saturday afternoon movies for youngsters ( cost us sixpence)
hearing the expression 'haud yer wheest' when some one was talking too loud
hearing the expression 'haud yer wheest' when some one was talking too loud
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Capt Lightning
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It was Saturday morning for us - usually some Z rated swashbuckling tale.I remember at the cinema on the Saturday afternoon movies for youngsters ( cost us sixpence)
hearing the expression 'haud yer wheest' when some one was talking too loud
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hollydolly
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all my older relatives said ''haud yer wheesht''.. lol... we never said any of these kind of slang phrases or words growing up , even tho' we were raised in the Big G... because my mum was quite upper class and also from the East coast, she'd married my father a Glaswegian... . and she hated any kind of Glaswegian slang talk.. so if we used slang words she was very quick to correct us...I remember at the cinema on the Saturday afternoon movies for youngsters ( cost us sixpence)
hearing the expression 'haud yer wheest' when some one was talking too loud
..but all my Paternal relatives did speak with broad Glasgow accents..
To this day when people hear me speak and learn where I'm originally from, they always call me ''Posh''.. everywhere I go...
hollydolly
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Nathan
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Great grand parents contribute 1/8th (12.5%) of a person's genetic heritage, so I've got 1/8th Scots-Irish from my g.grand mother(maternal) and 1/8th Welsh from my g.grandfather(paternal) and about the same proportions of German and Swiss-German on both sides of the family.
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Mizmo
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I only ever heard it in the cinema.all my older relatives said ''haud yer wheesht''.. lol... we never said any of these kind of slang phrases or words growing up , even tho' we were raised in the Big G... because my mum was quite upper class and also from the East coast, she'd married my father a Glaswegian... . and she hated any kind of Glaswegian slang talk.. so if we used slang words she was very quick to correct us...
..but all my Paternal relatives did speak with broad Glasgow accents..
To this day when people hear me speak and learn where I'm originally from, they always call me ''Posh''.. everywhere I go...
We never used slang growing up.
Especially in front of my upper crust granny.
We would get a 'skelp (smack) on the ear' as they said then if we did
hollydolly
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you only ever heard ''haud yer wheesht'' in the cinema... do you mean by the patrons, or on film ?... LOLI only ever heard it in the cinema.
We never used slang growing up.
Especially in front of my upper crust granny.
We would get a 'skelp (smack) on the ear' as they said then if we did
hollydolly
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lol..he used to irritate us because of his terrible attempt at a Scottish accent...
Grampa Don
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Is that the part that's Scottish?do you have a Sporran ?
hollydolly
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well you said you're only 1/8th part Scottish, so I was thinking of the smallest Scottish thing
Grampa Don
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I heard once that an Englishman said that oats were only fit food for horses and Scots. And, a Scotsman said Aye, that's why the English breed strong horses and the Scots strong men.
Mizmo
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No, by the guys who walked up and down the aisles with flashlights to show your seat.
It was kids day at the cinema. Could get quite noisy with kiddie chatter and young teenagers.
This was way before your time there.
Nathan
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Nathan
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I cannot vouch for the veracity of this item
Nathan
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...nor this one...
hollydolly
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that is even funnier... because I was an Usherette myself at the triplex Odeon... I never said ..and never heard anyone else say it either...
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