family sayings

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My grandfather (on my dad's side) passed away Monday... in talking to my mom, I mentioned it was suppose to rain on the day of the funeral and she says... "Rain on an open grave, be brave!" Ever so often, my mom will whip another one of these out of the memory bank... a saying I remember my grandparents or great-grandparents saying, but I've since forgotten... I should really document these sayings so when I have grandkids, I can just whip them out!! Oh... and apparently the saying means that there will be another death in the family in a short time... yikes!

So... does your family have any of these type of sayings that are passed down from generation to generation... or sightings that are used to "predict" the weather for the farmers?
 
girlfriend you don't even know...

my mother is the queen of this.

if a black cat crosses in front of your car, you mark an "x" where it crossed on your windshield :blink:

if it rains while the sun is shining, the devil must be beating his wife

if you walk around with one shoe on you'll have bad luck

don't go in and out of different doors in the same house

don't sweep dirt out the front door, all of your luck will go with it

don't let anyone sweep, mop or vacuum under your feet (your feet shouldn't be on the coffee table anyway, she'd say) or you'll never fall in love

whatever you do on New Year's Day you'll be doing the rest of the year

therre are a gazillion more...let me think....
 
OMG. Lena--
"don't let anyone sweep, mop or vacuum under your feet (your feet shouldn't be on the coffee table anyway, she'd say) or you'll never fall in love"
That one is hilarious!!
 
We have lots in our family and I catch myself saying them sometimes too...

"If the Good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise"

"Willful waste makes woeful wants"

I got this from my Daddy all the time when i was little..

Me(or a sibling) - What's for supper?

Daddy - Poke rolls and grits - poke your feet under the table, roll your eyes and grit
your teeth.

I'll have to think on it and come back with some more :)
 
"Well I'll tell the the fuzzy world!"

This was apparently passed down from my Grandpa and I say it all the time!!

What the heck is a fuzzy world? LOL
 
Lovin' the poke rolls and grits! Very useful in my house!

If your boob itches, you're gonna get a letter
If your palm itches, you're gonna get some money

Pretty is as pretty does...but ugly goes straight to the bone

Katie, bar the door... example..."Katie, bar the door, here comes the Wilsons and all those kids!"

Kiss my foot...example..."She didn't give me a second glance, didn't say kiss my foot or nothin'!"

I swanny!...example...kinda like "I swear!"

I'm sure these are really weird and I'm letting my weird family shine through!!
 
Oh we say "I swanny" too lol...

Got some more after talking with my Mama :)

"Either fish or cut bait" - another fave of my Daddy :)

"Happy as a fat pig in the sunshine"

"you just sit around like a bump on a log" - ie you're lazy :)

"scarce as hen's teeth" - from my grandmother

"you'd argue with a fence post"

"you look like you been rode hard and put up wet" (i'm ashamed to say i use this one quite a bit lol)

"three sheets to the wind" - drunk :)

"she was all over him like white on rice"

"can't see the forest for the trees"

and the one I use ALL the time...

"well just bless it" - usally referring to one of my children when they're in the middle of a temper tantrum :)
 
"can't see the forest for the trees"
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We use this one and "it's kind of hard to steer the boat if you can't see the water"

When we asked what was for dinner we were told "stew guts and goo, hogs butt and hominy, and a bowl of snot to drink" :blink:

EVERY time my mom opens the curtains she says, "let's shed some light on the subject"
 
My grandmother had a thing she'd spout off in German every time I came back in the house for something I'd forgotten. I will not begin to try to type it in German, but it translated to "those who don't use their heads have to use their feet".

She also used to tell me that I'd get Montezuma's Revenge if I didn't rinse the soap off of the dishes well. But that's another thread.
 
Oh and my grandfather used to say "you'd cry if you were hung with a new rope". Well of course I would, a new rope doesn't make that better. LOL. Also "wish in one hand and shit in the other, and see which one fills up first."

He was full of things that really didn't make sense. ;)
 
When you told our mammaw that you wanted something you couldn't have "i want candy, etc" she would say...

"people in Hell want ice water."

She was a real gem.
 
the wish in one hand and shit in the other is one my husband says and so is people in hell want ice water. Oh my husband has some real gems. I wont repeat them though cause they are pretty rude LOL. I always have to look twice when I hear him say them like WTF??
 
oh and when we would ask what we were having for dinner Id get one of two answers "Food" or "Air" I hated when my parents would say air...defenitely doesnt answer my question
 
Oh one I tell the kids all the time when they are all trying to be the "boss" (IE the older ones telling the youngest what to do/how to do it etc) "There are to many chiefs and not enough indians in this house"
 
when the kids complain about being bored we tell them to get a nail and find a place on the wall to nail themselves to which we usually get an exasperated sigh and a "I said I AM bored not I am a board....ugghhh"
 
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