What was it called? - Page 7

Margaret Pilkington · 12-05-2011, 19:22

Just be thankful that you have a wall between thee and me

gdm27 · 13-05-2011, 11:56

Back to the thread. What was that stick (honest) thing my Dad used on his face when he cut himself shaving?? Seemed to stop the bleeding??

MargaretR · 13-05-2011, 12:01

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Originally Posted by gdm27

Back to the thread. What was that stick (honest) thing my Dad used on his face when he cut himself shaving?? Seemed to stop the bleeding??

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Styptic stick/pencil

Margaret Pilkington · 13-05-2011, 12:02

It was a styptic pencil....you can still buy them.

No..............I don't know everything,

I have just lived a long time and have a good memory.

Margaret Pilkington · 13-05-2011, 12:03

ooooh Margaret, just one minute behind you!

jaysay · 13-05-2011, 18:11

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

It was a styptic pencil....you can still buy them.

No..............I don't know everything,

I have just lived a long time and have a good memory.

Have one in the bathroom myself Margaret

ossylass · 13-05-2011, 18:37

You know when you have a "hang-nail" - a loose bit of skin at the side of a finger nail, my aunt used to call it a "stepmother jag". Anyone else heard that? Perhaps it was an old Rishtonian saying.

Margaret Pilkington · 13-05-2011, 19:00

nope...that's what we call them too...OK, I'm only down the road in Clayton.......but I'm sure I have heard other people use that phrase for them.

jaysay · 13-05-2011, 19:01

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Originally Posted by ossylass

You know when you have a "hang-nail" - a loose bit of skin at the side of a finger nail, my aunt used to call it a "stepmother jag". Anyone else heard that? Perhaps it was an old Rishtonian saying.

Na mi old grannie used to say that and she were born and bred in Ossy

Greeny · 18-05-2011, 13:14

My mum came from Atherton and my dad Blackburn and they both said Step mother jag, as I do now.

sm_counsell · 18-05-2011, 14:04

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Na mi old grannie used to say that and she were born and bred in Ossy

My Gran too but she used to call it a stepmother jack!!
Thank goodness you've all put me right!

jaysay · 18-05-2011, 18:07

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Originally Posted by Greeny

My mum came from Atherton and my dad Blackburn and they both said Step mother jag, as I do now.

My other half comes from the Atherton area

gdm27 · 20-05-2011, 15:38

What was that stone that Mums used on the front door step called and do people still do this?

cashman · 20-05-2011, 16:07

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Originally Posted by gdm27

What was that stone that Mums used on the front door step called and do people still do this?

a pummy stone me nan called it, used to get em off the Rag Tatters.

MargaretR · 20-05-2011, 16:13

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Originally Posted by cashman

a pummy stone me nan called it, used to get em off the Rag Tatters.

A pummy (pumice)stone is not the same - pummy stones rubbed the hard skin off your feet.

I recall it as a dobby stone but an internet search decribes a dobby stone as having a hole - which it didn't