strange expletives passed down

[Jaxyfone]

There is a word used in Leicester, 'mardy', which seems to be specific to this area. It means miserable or sullen. People often refer to one another as a 'mardy bum' or (less polite)'mard(y)-arse'. In fact my mum has been telling me all my life that I was the latter as a baby! :-)

[hepburn]

It's black over Bill's Mother's house... Weather getting foul

Kick at the pantry door...is  there anything to eat?

[Hackstaple]

I'm not as green as cabbage.

Nowt so daft as folks.

You must think I am one of the 6 who came over in 7 boats.

[Guyana]

In relation to food;
Iffit pudding,
Bread and pullit, (already mentioned)
Two jumps at the pantry door and a bite at the latch,
Me belly thinks me throat's been cut.

"Mardy-arse" is a bit wider spread, - we have it too.

[Gillg]

From a Lancastrian -

by 'eck
'ecky thump
nay, lass/lad
all expressions of surprise or disbelief

by gumme charlie, ah'll cut thy tail off (always made our dog crawl under the table when she was told off with this threat!)

Gillg

[hepburn]

Expletives used in our house by my Dad..

Toerag,Pissant,Bugger up the back and Tassel...I haven't a clue what Tassel was all about?

[Skoosh]

A "Tossel" in this neck of the woods is a bull's appendage or the toorie on a bonnet!

Skoosh.

[hepburn]

I bet it was Tossel and it got a bit mangled when it reached our neck of the woods....

Funnily enough my Dad never used swear words...Looks like he got close to them with that selection..

[LizzieW]

We used to say someone was Mard, mardy in Cheshire.
Blimey o’Reilly  (surprised)
Ee, I’ll go t’ foot of our stairs (surprised at something)
Three jumps at the cupboard door and a bite at the knob if you’re hungry – when we asked what was for dinner.
He’s not as green as he’s cabbage lookin’.  When someone had done something clever.
My parents used flippin’ ‘eck or bloomin' 'eck as swear words!  Or sometimes my mother would say “Sugar!”