Re wait and see pudding
My gran used to reply to what's for tea with bread and iffits when asked
what that was she would say bread and iffits got anything in it you will be
lucky.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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When there was nothing but bread to eat, we could make jam
sandwiches -- tear a slice of bread in half and jam the two
pieces together.
When I was about fifty, I learned that Mom thought she was
fooling us!
I also learned that when I thought she was saying Since
there is nothing else to
Another of my Grandad's favourites just sprung to mind.. windmill
pudding (If there's enough to go round we'll all get a piece!!)
Sue in EY
On 18 May 2009, at 02:42, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
My family came from around Bedford, and I remember the Sky blue pink
remark!
When asked what was
My Mums favourite food was bread and pull it
Sue T, Dorset UK
Another of my Grandad's favourites just sprung to mind.. windmill
pudding (If there's enough to go round we'll all get a piece!!)
My family came from around Bedford, and I remember the Sky blue pink
remark!
When asked
We used to have iffits for dinner. If it's in the
larder/cupboard/fridge you can have it, if it's not you can't!
Brenda
On 18 May 2009, at 02:42, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
When asked what was for dinner, Gran would answer either
Spondoolicks or
Wait-and-see pudding !!
Brenda in
My Father in law would always answer the musical question What's for
dinner? with this answer:
Air pie and walk around pudding.
Patty
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My family came from around Bedford, and I remember the Sky blue pink
remark!
When asked what was for dinner, Gran would answer either Spondoolicks or
Wait-and-see pudding !!
Isn't it funny how these funny sayings remain in our memories, - but ask what
happened in the last few days, - and you
And from Cheshire, it was sky blue pink with a finny haddy border. I never
asked but assumed that finny haddy stood for Finnan haddock, but maybe
not! (At least it would still be a yellow border!)
Sue
- Original Message -
From: Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net
To: Sue Duckles
Anyone from Cheshire explain this one definitely? If not, I'll get
Chris to find out on Saturday while he's across there if he gets chance!
Sue in E Yorkshire (the decent side of the country.. (comment
designed to wind up Lancastrians.) LOL
On 15 May 2009, at 00:04, Sue Babbs wrote:
In message e17c004f031249f7ad69d0a717b5d...@study, Sue Babbs
sueba...@comcast.net writes
And from Cheshire, it was sky blue pink with a finny haddy border. I never
asked but assumed that finny haddy stood for Finnan haddock, but maybe
not! (At least it would still be a yellow border!)
Mom
And my mother in central Ohio used sky blue pink with a heavenly
border - usually to answer one of those unanswerable childhood
questions about what color the curtains were going to be... It kept
me puzzling for years!
And from Cheshire, it was sky blue pink with a finny haddy border. I
I was raised hearing 'sky blue pink' from my parents and grandparents, so the
expression crossed the pond. I live in the far west of the USA. I have no
English ancestors but they picked it up from somewhere.
Alice in Oregon -- where my black cat just caught two mice in the basement and
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