old sayings

[Guyana]

[Marry in haste, repent in leisure
[[[[Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
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OR!

Marry in Hastings, repent at St. Leonards.

Late to bed, late to rise, gives a girl bags under her eyes.

[radstockjeff]

There was a little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead,
When she was good she was very very good and when she was bad she was horrid!

Not sure if that was a 'family saying' or not

or as Max Miller once said
"There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehaed,
And when she was good , she was very very good,
And when she was bad she was very very popular!"

radstockjeff

[Meezer]

"Fortnight tea" - that was a saying in our house  - too weak!!

[a-l]

Love it Meezer!

[conahy calling]

Re "a hen always dies in debt"   to explain    She costs more to feed than the value of eggs produced

Children and chicken must always be picking (eating)

Look before you leap
[ Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half-shut afterwards!                             

[BevL]

Just love this topic!
Here's a couple I have remembered and had the family give me as well:
A stitch in time saves nine
A watched pot never boils
A friend in need is a friend indeed
A place for everything and everything in its place (one of my late mother's favourites)
It's like Flogging a dead horse
A miss is as good as a mile
That will do for the moment - hope I haven't put ones in that have already been done.
Bev

[DORAN54]

or one of bevl's

a friend in need is a friend indeed////a friend in need is a pain in the a**e

[Coco2101]

Some of my favourites...

As rare as hen's teeth!

As full as the last bus home!

Madder than a two bob watch!

Slower than a month of Sundays!

If it was raining gold nuggets, you'd complain about the noise!

She had a backside two axe handles wide!  (my pa liked this one)

May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down! (Aussie saying)

Coco 

[Guyana]

I don't wish him any harm, but I hope his rabbit dies and he can't sell the ******* hutch!