To piggyback Mrs hornett22’s thread. What was some of your elders sayings?

[fireman32]

Grandpa would enjoy a cold glass of water or buttermilk and would always say “frosty man, frosty”
If I was helping him piddle on something and got antsy he’d say” just hold what you got.
Mrs Cannon that lived down the road from me was always a joy to visit. Think she made it to 97 years old and was sound of mind. Every time we stopped by she would say “come up here sit a spell and tell me something about something”.
I miss those ol timers, lots of history and wisdom gone with them.

 

[mark-7mag]

"I'm fixin to bend you over my knee"

 

[notnksnemor]

This ain't gonna kill ya boy, but it's amazing what you can live through.

 

[mrs. hornet22]

Close that door. You weren't raised in a barn. Heck we used that on for the boy and his friends.

 

[Raylander]

‘If it was easy, everyone would do it’

 

[Ruger#3]

Brains was dynamite that boy couldn’t blow his nose.

 

[Flash]

Great Uncle 'I'm at that age now that I'd just as soon as (great aunt name) promise it than me have to go thru with it'

 

[trad bow]

Boy, the back side of that mule got more sense than you do.

 

[Ruger#3]

Purty is as Purty does.

 

[Ruger#3]

Boy ain’t got the good sense to come in outta the rain.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

my dad "That boy is so lazy he would let someone else breathe for him"

 

[Big7]

My Grandmother on Daddy's side and both of her parents, brother and 2 sisters would say:

"I Declare" or "I'll Declare"

It always had something to do with them being in amazement of something said or witnessed.

 

[Big7]

"Dumber Than A Fence Post"

 

[Big7]

"Like watching grass grow"

Or...

"Like watching paint dry"

 

[Big7]

"Black as a tire"

 

[Big7]

"Hotter than a firecracker"

 

[Big7]

"Beat like a government mule"

 

[Paymaster]

"His brain is so small it rolls around in his head like a BB in a boxcar".

 

[fireman32]

My Grandmother on Daddy's side and both of her parents, brother and 2 sisters would say:

"I Declare" or "I'll Declare"

It always had something to do with them being in amazement of something said or witnessed.

Ha, my granny said that too. Must have been that generation.

 

[4HAND]

"Go to sleep son, for it'll soon be day"
My Granny used to tell me that when I'd stay with her.
This was normally before I would listen to her kneel & pray.