“Fine words butter no parsnips”
“Save thee breath to cool tha porridge”
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I remember something my Great Aunt used to say when I was a kid when she was complaining about someone being rude and ungrateful and not saying a proper thank you or goodbye - it used to make us giggle when we were kids -
“And off she went, without so much as a Goodbye, God Bless ya, Kiss me Arse or Go to Hell!”
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Janey Mac - or even just Janey!
Irish expression of astonishment -not sure of the origins but it is part of a verse:
Janey Mac, my shirt is black,
what will I wear on Sunday?
Stay in bed and hide your head
and don’t rise up until Monday!
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“You look like the wreck of The Hesperus” as my grandad used to say.
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One of Grandma’s …
Would you look at the time and not a child in the house washed!
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I’ll be jiggered
Two of my mother’s favourites when she’d been sitting with a cuppa, but had work to do:
‘well I’d better hop about the cage’
or
‘this won’t get the baby a new bonnet’
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I’ve heard “ this won’t get the baby bathed “
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“I’ll be a monkey’s uncle”
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I seem to remember …she’s knocked another one off the shelf. meaning she’s in the family way again
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My Mum to Me…“If You fa’ aff that dyke and break Yer two legs…Don’t come running tae Me”
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Gertcha!
Another old family memory, way before Chas and Dave 
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I wouldn’t piss down your throat if you’re belly was on fire.
That was one of my mother’s.
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Jeeze!..was Your Mother a gangsters moll,?
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It was the gin.My mother’s ruin.
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I’ve tried a couple of times to reply with no joy,
any idea why?
Oh…gremlins Methinks
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It’s dark over Will’s.
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Black as your hat.
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yuppie … oh so 80s
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