These I have heard all my life (63 years worth). My family emigrated to the US in the 1600's. My grandmother always called diapers "hippins." We spell it "ankle biters," though.
Anne in Austin TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Collyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "A & Y Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Fw: Finished list > > -to talk the leg off a table (to talk a lot) another one is to yabber on. > > And for that one I'd more often say "to talk the leg off an iron horse", or > even just to "rattle on". > > Others I recall include:- > - "you can wait till the cows come home" - that is a very long while. > - "I'll skin you alive" - Mum was always saying that to us when we were > "little tackers" or "ankle bighters". > I'm sure there are hundreds of others, but you've made a great start :) > > David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
