to think that calling a baby's dummy a tit or a titty is yuk?

[MotherOfNations]

I don't know if this is a u.k wide thing but here in Glasgow so many people call a baby's dummy a tit or titty. It sounds vile .I used to hate it when my little ones had dummies and some old man would bend over the Pram and say " awww baby are you sucking your tit"?

"Lucky tatties"??

Sounds French. Can't be one of ours.

this but doesn't tell me what it actually is :)

Was never that mad on them.

what is the white bit in the middle?

We have ninnies or dummies but never heard of tit

Remember when the whole deep frying mars bar thing started our local chippy would try everything.
We used to go in after the pub and pick random sweeties to fry in batter.

Deep fried cream egg anyone?

Solid fondant

Lucky tatties! Amazing. I had forgotten completely about them.

Lucky Tatties

by Hellon
(Australia)

A remember a braw wee sweetie
frae back in ma childhood day
bit...a couldnae remembur the name o' it
much tae ma dismay.

Always, oin a Friday night
ma da bought us weans a treat
an a wid hop frae fit tae fit
till a goat ma special sweet.

Then, savour it's delights an' suck
till it wiz nearly done
an' oot came the wee treasure
a lucky charm wiz always fun (found)

Bit a couldnae remembur the name o' it
an that made me offae ratty
then the penny finally drapped
it wiz a lucky tattie.

Do sweet shops still sell Lucky Tatties?

We used to get them from the ice cream van along with the frying pan pops. Although i went off them when my mum tried to make it and poured the liquid toffee (boiled sugar) straight onto her wooden table to set. And it did, after cementing itself to the table at the same time. mum clearly not a confectionerist Me and my brother still couldn't resist chipping bits off to eat despite the fact there was bloody big splinters in it!

I've seen them recently in one of the old fashioned type sweet shops. X

The sweet shop in Huntly sells all the old sweeties. I shall definitely pop in there and buy some.

Not seen them in ages :( There probably a retro sweetie shop selling them but they'll no doubt be ridicously priced, like a fiver for a bag, when they used to be 45p for a quarter or 10p for a big one!

You don't get the wee toy inside them now. Health and safety I guess.

Thanks. I may have a rummage. Believe there's still an old fashioned sweetie shop near to the Barras market.

Getting all nostalgic now - was just thinking how my grandaughter got all shocked and scandalised when I sung to her...

oh ye cannae shove yer granny aff the bus
oh ye cannae shove yer granny aff the bus
oh ye cannae shove yer granny, cos she's yer mammy's mammy...
ye cannae shove yer granny aff the bus.

Ye can shove yer other granny aff the bus
ye can shove yer other granny aff the bus
ye can shove yer other granny, cos she's yer daddy's mammy
ye can shove yer other granny aff the bus!

Hope I've not sent this thread off in a MIL hatred thread!

I sing that song all the time to DS. If you watch singing kettle it is one of theirs :)

spout handle lid of metal....lol

And no sing song would be complete without (may I draw your attention to the 3rd verse):

Ally, bally, ally bally bee,
Sittin' on yer mammy's knee
Greetin' for a wee bawbee,
Tae buy mair Coulter's candy.

Ally. bally, ally, bally bee,
When you grow up you'll go to sea,
Makin' pennies for your daddy and me,
Tae buy mair Coulter's Candy.

Coulter you're an awfy man
You rob your granny when you can
You've a' the bairnies' stomachs wrang
Wi' your dirty clarty candy

It's a dodie in the north east of England . My Irish DH has never ever heard this and calls it a dummy tit!

Does the Singing Kettle do much in Englandshire? It's funny, they were such a solid part of my childhood that it's strange to think other people don't have them.

Oh, my third verse for that is:
Peer wee jeanie's looking affa thin
Jist a rickle o beans held together wi skin
Bit noo she's getting a wee double chin
Wi aitin' Coulters caaandy