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Re: old sayings
« Reply #495 on: Saturday 05 October 13 13:50 BST (UK) »
wonderful Iluleah!

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« Reply #496 on: Saturday 05 October 13 15:18 BST (UK) »
  • The early bird catches the worm.

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« Reply #497 on: Saturday 05 October 13 15:38 BST (UK) »
When I first started researching a friend who was 'teaching' me said "Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!"
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend

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« Reply #498 on: Saturday 05 October 13 16:06 BST (UK) »
Lol how true.         


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« Reply #499 on: Saturday 05 October 13 16:14 BST (UK) »
First come first served.                                 Leave no stone unturned.                            He who laughs first laughs last.                  Look at her if she turned sideways she would look like a zip!

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« Reply #500 on: Saturday 05 October 13 16:31 BST (UK) »
Have we had these ??

Some mothers do have 'em

Little boys should be seen but not heard
Whitlow: Witton-cum-Twambrooks/Northwich
Bowers: Marthall, Siddington, Cheshire
Owen: Cheshire
Pfisterer (Fisher): West Riding Yks 1850-1875
Fisher (Pfisterer): Des Moines, Iowa 1886-
Wallis: West Riding Yks/Des Moines, Iowa, 1892-
Heinzmann: Hull/Northwich
Pfisterer, Heinzmann, Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg
Brueck: Kocherstetten B-W
Volpp: Morsbach B-W
Schluchterer: Künzelsau, B-W

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« Reply #501 on: Saturday 05 October 13 16:48 BST (UK) »
I haven't heard some mothers do have 'em for ages .                                                 I know children should be seen but not heard .

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« Reply #502 on: Saturday 05 October 13 19:14 BST (UK) »
  • If you make your bed, you must lie on it (be prepared to accept the consequences of your actions

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« Reply #503 on: Saturday 05 October 13 22:04 BST (UK) »
I have a bone to pick with you.