Soft Mick.

[gallant]

Hi guys n guyesses,
just joined and had to go straight to this thread.

Absolute class ...memories come a flooding back like a sackful of black puddings

Mard was always pertaining to soft or chicken ...As in "Don't be so Mard and stop Scrikin' ....correct spelling of Scriking ?
Agate ...my Mam! ...used it all the time eg..."She's agate ..."sod off" ...and he's agate ..."I will then!" ...as in She was saying or doing..... But ...so I am led to believe ....here we go..
Lots of towns have streets or areas named Petersgate ...or hillgate or billingsgate ...although they had no gates!! ... apparently gate refers to ... "The WAy to or walk to ....so hillgate is the 'walk up' or walk to' the hill, and is a direct transposition from Gait ...or way of walking/ stance. ...so imagine someone describing the way that charlie chaplin walks...with a bandy legged impersonation...and saying ..."Charlie was agate .." ...it all seems to make sense ish
My parents often said ether "soft as Mick" .. as in very wimpy.... AND used the phrases like "More money than soft Mick" ...are these 2 related?? dunno

Layores for meddlers .. I feel might refer to 'Lures for Meddlers' as in Traps for meddlers (cheats, interferers or burglars) ...things set in motion that people should not know about...'less said' etc.

'Skenn Eyed git' ...always remember that after missing an open goal!
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"Christ church up Heaton Norris" (instead of uttering just 'Christ') probably a Stockport reference there!

Also if you drank like a fish ...you were a 'slutch pump' I assume something like a dredger ...pumping slutch from a river ??
and why when we were suprised ...did we go to the 'foot of our stairs' ?

[gallant]

oh ...and I forgot ....who was Mrs Bocking???
as in my mother always used to say -if something was out of the ordinary ...
..."Shocking, Mrs Bocking"

[suedarbo]

This thread made me giggle, even more so when I just called my daughter a "gormless mornin" Where did that come from? My dad was very broad and I seem to have picked it up from him. My son speaks the same way now and he's only 20. My grandma (from Rishton) used to say people were "pots for rags" this is another one I still come out with lol.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by suedarbo

My grandma (from Rishton) used to say people were "pots for rags" this is another one I still come out with lol.

That reminds me of another thing I used to hear, 'pots for bluebells', meaning someone was daft.

They both probably come from rag and bone men, though getting new pots for a bunch of bluebells seems a good deal.

[bonny_tuesday]

I have loved reading this thread, as with others here it brought back loads of memories.
I am originally from Eccles in Manchester and we used most of the terms that have been remembered here. As well as Soft Mick, we have Soft Ned, we used skrike, like crying her/his eyes out. Mardy meant somebody who cried all the time. Put t'wood int'h t'hole was always used. Dimp was a cigarette end that you 'pecked' and put in your pocket! "Dad have you got any dimps?" We also had Argie Bargie, and we all know thats an argument or loud discussion.
There are millions of them, but the most popular one in our house was, Put kettle on mother! regardless of who you were asking to make a cuppa.
Bonny x

[West Ender]

A fast-declining dialect, more's the pity.

I once got told off by my mother for saying "I was agate" at home. It was not acceptable in our house but my dad used to say "Making Layo'ers for medlars" in response to "What are you doing, dad?". As explained in another thread, some time ago, I believe it refers to nets laid over medlar pears.

"Mard" was a word we used and, amongst my friends, the expression "Pots for jamjars" was used for an idiot and we all knew what "skriking" meant.

The bad-tempered were referred to as being "crammed" or "nowty" and our elderly next-door neighbour would call anyone whose honesty was a bit suspect an "ill 'un".

[steeljack]

what did " I'm reet fair clemmed" mean ?, did it mean you were hungry, or you were cold , can't remember
thanks

[garinda]

Originally Posted by steeljack

what did " I'm reet fair clemmed" mean ?, did it mean you were hungry, or you were cold , can't remember
thanks

Clammed, well that's how I heared it pronounced, with an 'a', means very hungry.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by steeljack

what did " I'm reet fair clemmed" mean ?, did it mean you were hungry, or you were cold , can't remember
thanks

Just found this, so you are right.

In the Black Country clammed means hungry or cold.

God knows where it's derived from, as clam chowdrer isn't a typical Lancastrian, or Brumie fare.


BBC - Black Country Features - Black Country dialect

[Mancie]

Yep gallant.. I recall "skeen eyed" i took it as "bog eyed".. anyone heard of "kack handed" I think the slang is meaning the person is useless with both hands ?..

[Callert]

Everyone I knew in Atherton used "Soft Mick", and most of us were Irish. Usually it was something like, "He's got more money than "Soft Mick" There was also a pub in Tyldesley (forget the name now) but all the adults called it Skenning Bob's, or, Skenny-eyed Bob's, and Bob was cross-eyed.

[steeljack]

Theres a row of terraced houses in Arrod (Gt. Harwood ) locally known as Skenning Row , think its Railway Terrace, from the front all looks normal , but you open the front door and all the lobbies and rooms are about 10/15° off center to the left , all the rooms are like parallelograms, a strange situation to be in after a few drinks .

(and before Cashy or South Aussie chip in , yep I know us Arroders have a reputation for being a bit strange)

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Callert

Everyone I knew in Atherton used "Soft Mick", and most of us were Irish. Usually it was something like, "He's got more money than "Soft Mick" There was also a pub in Tyldesley (forget the name now) but all the adults called it Skenning Bob's, or, Skenny-eyed Bob's, and Bob was cross-eyed.

Used to go in Skenning Bob's, my other half lives in Tyldesley

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by steeljack

Theres a row of terraced houses in Arrod (Gt. Harwood ) locally known as Skenning Row , think its Railway Terrace, from the front all looks normal , but you open the front door and all the lobbies and rooms are about 10/15° off center to the left , all the rooms are like parallelograms, a strange situation to be in after a few drinks .

(and before Cashy or South Aussie chip in , yep I know us Arroders have a reputation for being a bit strange)

A bit strange

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by grannyclaret

agate was also said in burnley ,and does anybody know who skenning emma was ,?? they said that like dellboy would say gordon bennett,i have visions of some poor girl with jam jar bottomed glasses

Ged away wy thi its skenning Martha.
Retlaw.