Re: those quaint english sayings - what do they really mean?

When I was researching my family history in 2002 I visited a museum in Liverpool. There was a replica of a back to back house set up just as my forebears would have lived in.
MY grandfather was a cotton porter, lifting cotton bales all day, weighing 2 hundredweight each.
He had a big hook with which he used to swing the bales onto his back. When he returned to his lodgings at night he would hang up his hook in the hallway. If he lost his job the landlady might say GO & SLING YER HOOK.

simples

Re: those quaint english sayings - what do they really mean?

Grandpa used to tell me that I made 'Shamrock tea - three leaves and a wish'. He preferred his to be industrial strength

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That made me giggle

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Another one.
She goes all round the church to get to the chapel.
It's enough to freeze the balls off a pawn brokers shop.

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in my neck of the woods it means a bit of slap and tickle or having sex!

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Smashing line

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My grandad used to say of any bad smell, " it smells like the ashes of pig muck"

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When my grandma had eaten a meal she would say 'Well that's another one more and another one less'. Quite true of course.

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This geriatric Aussie recalls an oft-used line in Steptoe & Son ...

"ya randy scouse git ..."

To this day, the best I can think is "you sex-starved ??? ??? "

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Oh cripes...that made me laff!