Farm Sayings

forgottenhills

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

All hat and no boots.

Someone wanting to show how brilliant they are with nothing to back it up.

Comes from the old cowboy movies, I think?

I think its "All hat and no cattle"?

I once heard a woman from Clare describe someone else as being "as handy as a small pot" which I thought was quite funny. It might be a saying from that part of the world.

boardise

Faraway cows have long horns.

Jb1989

'sure tomorrows another day'

'why put off till tomorrow, what can be done today'


Sayings would wreck your head at times.....

Lime Tree Farm

an oportunist - "if he saw a pot he'd want to pi ss in it "

tight fisted - "time to let the moths out of the wallet"

The Rabbi

forgottenhills wrote: »

I think its "All hat and no cattle"?

I once heard a woman from Clare describe someone else as being "as handy as a small pot" which I thought was quite funny. It might be a saying from that part of the world.

"As handy as a black quart" A quart being a two pint pot.

davidk1394

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

All hat and no boots.

Someone wanting to show how brilliant they are with nothing to back it up.

Comes from the old cowboy movies, I think?

Another one similar to it is all that and no cows

ruwithme

There's a lad over the fields from here and he's that religious, he'd shut the cock away from the hen's off a Sunday.

kerry cow

he's about as useful to you , as wet sock .

describing a no good

foxy farmer

Just off the phone with a prolific talker. Almost 40 mins of inane chit chat. Any of the following would describe such a person.

They'd talk for Ireland.
They'd talk the ass off the pot.
They'd talk the hind legs off a donkey.
They'd talk a rat to death.

The Continental Op

Not sure how Irish this is as I've only heard it locally and we're mostly blow ins (did you see what I did there )

One well known local is famous for his story telling and I've heard it said of him, He'd put legs on fish.

Commenting on someone that is bald or balding "More hair on a head of lettuce"

kerry cow

when some is explaining or asking you to do something you know nothing about ,

you'd reply its like looking into a bucket of water ,

The Continental Op

I asked an old guy that owns a timber yard that I use how much he charged for fire wood - offcuts. His reply which I've never heard before was - A Pint of Water. No one else I know has ever heard the expression but it seems to mean something of no value because I get the offcuts for free?

patsy_mccabe

Deleted User wrote: »

Commenting on someone that is bald or balding "More hair on a head of lettuce"

Or - "Moss won't grow on a good field".

zetecescort

My father used to get so hungry that he'd "ate the back axle of a donkey". Never heard it before or since

gozunda

On a tight operator...

He'd buy and sell you and keep the change ...

foxy farmer

There's more in his head than a comb would take out.
A cute hoor in other words.

CloughCasey1

zetecescort wrote: »

My father used to get so hungry that he'd "ate the back axle of a donkey". Never heard it before or since

Or he'd eat a horse and chase the jockey

Albert Johnson

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Or he'd eat a horse and chase the jockey

Or "I could eat a horse between two bread vans" or hungrier still "I could eat a horse and still have place for the jockey".

A saying amongst older neighbours locally about having freedom to make your own decisions is "Like Cooney and the jennet". The backstory to it being that a Cooney man lived on our road year's back and only had a jennet and cart as means of transportation. The road outside his abode led to town in either direction and both distance's were roughly the same. Seeing as the jennet was the one walking he'd be told to please himself as to which route to take and the saying was born.

wicklow_hunter

Short for someone was lazy:

If there was work in the bed he would sleep underneath it

Like father like son:
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree

pawdee

Shtamp out scour!

CloughCasey1

wicklow_hunter wrote: »

Short for someone was lazy:

If there was work in the bed he would sleep underneath it

Like father like son:
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree

It wasn't from the grass he licked it!!

ryanp3

It's easier change your mind than change your socks.

gozunda

When a person isn't as easily fooled as another person might think:


Not so green as cabbage-looking

patsy_mccabe

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

It wasn't from the grass he licked it!!

Around here its - he didn't lick it off the road.

kerryjack

What's in the cat is in the kitten

White Clover

kerryjack wrote: »

What's in the cat is in the kitten

Black cat, black kitten

LilacNails

White Clover wrote: »

Black cat, black kitten

Don't get it?

Buford T. Justice XIX

LilacNails wrote: »

Don't get it?

Traits of the parents are passed onto the next generation.

Pod123

What’s in the Bitch comes out in the pup

patsy_mccabe

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White Clover wrote: »

Black cat, black kitten

Around here - breeding, it comes out in the eyes of a cat.

Liebling

I’m enjoying this thread.
Heard this saying quite a bit growing up on a farm:
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander

White Clover

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

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Around here - breeding, it comes out in the eyes of a cat.

Around here too, only it's, "breeding breaks out in the eyes of a cat"

Lime Tree Farm

Briseann an dúchas trí shúile an chait.

kerryjack

An ounce of breading is better than a ton of feeding

kerry cow

if it walks like a duck , quacks like a duck , its a duck .

meaning its the real deal .

White Clover

"It wouldn't dry shirt buttons "
Describing a poor drying day

SouthWesterly

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Briseann an dúchas trí shúile an chait.

That doesn't make sense

nutjobb

"pay the farmer now or pay the doctor later"

Cheap crap food is not cheap in the long run as your health will suffer. Eat proper food.

Esel

SouthWesterly wrote: »

That doesn't make sense

It's an old saying alright.

Think "Nature will come out" or "Nature - red in tooth and claw".

davidk1394

A local contractor I used work with had some gas sayings.

If you were hungry and looking for food a saying he'd often use is "an empty sack won't stand"

A friend of mine who started with him a good while ago was looking for extra money, his response was "we didn't all start in sixth class"

One day, one of the machines was giving big trouble and the dealers mechanic came out. Contractor came over to him saying " it isn't a two and six pence machine" i.e the machine isn't cheap

Lime Tree Farm

If you were hungry and looking for food a saying he'd often use is "an empty sack won't stand"

Heard someone respond to that one with "and a full sack can't bend"

White Clover

davidk1394 wrote: »

A local contractor I used work with had some gas sayings.

If you were hungry and looking for food a saying he'd often use is "an empty sack won't stand"

A friend of mine who started with him a good while ago was looking for extra money, his response was "we didn't all start in sixth class"

One day, one of the machines was giving big trouble and the dealers mechanic came out. Contractor came over to him saying " it isn't a two and six pence machine" i.e the machine isn't cheap

"An empty sack won't stand"
"And a full one won't bend" i.e. you'd be too full to be able to work.

eeeee

For something quick-
"short and sweet like an ass's gallop".

Tom_I_am

kerry cow wrote: »

I bought a pig in a bag ,

buying without seeing

That’s really interesting- I’ve lived in Sweden for many years and they have a saying here “att köpa grisen i säcken” - literally to buy the pig in the bag, so buying without knowing exactly what your getting, buyer beware! Used widely, not just in farming circles... could there be a Viking connection with Ireland ?!

alps

SouthWesterly wrote: »

That doesn't make sense

Think it might be

Instinct or tradition would break out through the eyes of a cat..

Say my name

Tom_I_am wrote: »

That’s really interesting- I’ve lived in Sweden for many years and they have a saying here “att köpa grisen i säcken” - literally to buy the pig in the bag, so buying without knowing exactly what your getting, buyer beware! Used widely, not just in farming circles... could there be a Viking connection with Ireland ?!

A pig in a poke ...rolls off the tongue easier. :pac:

gozunda

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

If pricks were scarce he'd make two!

Hadn't heard that one previously. I'd reckon its right ...

einn32

I worked with a guy form the North once and if we were fencing he would say 'make it protestant looking'.

A pat on the back isn't that far from a kick in the arse.

Guy near home told my father once he had to return a cow he bought as she had 'disease in the doug' .

ruwithme

There's no towbar on a hearse.