If I told you "It's snowing down south" would you check your weather app or your hemline?

[TeaAndStrumpets]

Also, what about poor Charlie? He must have died many times.

What never gets said these days?

No..its george not charlie!

Well those phrases took me right back to school in the 80s! I've not heard either for years.

Oh that reminds me, at school "going to see George" meant going to the loo. Never ever heard that elsewhere!

If you left the door open-"were you born in a barn?".

@sueelleker

If you left the door open-"were you born in a barn?".

And still true today! When my DDs went to stay with their Grandma she complained bitterly that they never closed a door behind them or switched off a light

'You weren't made in Pillks'- I think this is a St Helens saying.

I’ve never heard the’ snowing down south’ one but ‘ Charlie’s Dead’ was very much in usage when I was young and petticoats more frequently worn.

There was also one to indicate that your bra strap was on show. Can’t recall what the phrase was. My daughters are boggled by the thought that having a bra strap on show ( accidentally let alone deliberately) was seen as such a no-no.

Speaking of "Your're flying low"
anyone used "Dead birds don't fall out of the nest"?

I'm 50 and have heard all of these - and still use them when the occasion presents!

@sueelleker My mum's was bread and sniffit, so similar

@garlictwist

My dad says "it's black over Bill's mother's" when the sky gets cloudy and dark. I don't know who Bill is. Or his mother.

We still say that. One of us brought up in the Midlands, the other from Reading.

To add to the spend a penny saying there's a poem my dad taught us that goes

There she goes, broken hearted, spent a penny, only farted
There he goes, sly and artful, snuck in free and laid a cart full!

My kids think it's hilarious