tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post4210283144926500478..comments2024-01-07T18:03:39.373-06:00Comments on Family Stories: A Contest in Honor of SamCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440331516671118735noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-53728590653897647562009-08-26T19:54:01.265-05:002009-08-26T19:54:01.265-05:00Well, I asked my family (husband and kids) what sa...Well, I asked my family (husband and kids) what sayings they remember from their grand parents, uncles, aunts, anybody! and all they kept doing was saying things that <b>I</b> say! UGH<br /><br />Lest I can't participate I will pick from one that they shouted out at me...<br /><br /><b>You've buttered your bread - now you'll have to sleep in it!</b>Lora and Dr. Juliahttp://www.advice-with-dr-julia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-49612374075650995802009-08-26T19:44:03.581-05:002009-08-26T19:44:03.581-05:00My Dad and his twin brother (God rest their souls)...My Dad and his twin brother (God rest their souls)...always read the obituaries before any other part of the newspaper. I found it morbid. I always asked, "Why do you look at that every day Dad"?<br /><br />My Daddy told me, in all seriousness...there are two great parties in life...an Irish wedding, and an Irish wake.<br /><br />Don't know if this qualifies as an "old sayin", but it certainly made an impression on me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888120608101495349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-69513730009057910882009-08-25T09:00:05.573-05:002009-08-25T09:00:05.573-05:00Great post. I cannot currently think of any great ...Great post. I cannot currently think of any great expressions passed down from my ancestors but I will be sure to forward this on to my husband's parents and I'm sure they will come up with a lot!Aspen Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947784606220533297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-82674630839208081012009-08-24T10:01:57.705-05:002009-08-24T10:01:57.705-05:00This is one I got yesterday from mom with regard t...This is one I got yesterday from mom with regard to my great uncle Roy "JD" Pierce.<br /><br />"I would rather smell perfume than linement."<br /><br />said to his nieces (my mother and aunt) who were trying to reprimand him for still trying to pick up the young ladies.Mavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241988882011440597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-42861157169345911442009-08-20T21:54:07.625-05:002009-08-20T21:54:07.625-05:00Every time we would come in the house and forget t...Every time we would come in the house and forget to close the door dad would say, "Were you raised in a barn?"Leslie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453532813141228929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-38076588193340678742009-08-20T20:25:39.004-05:002009-08-20T20:25:39.004-05:00One of my aunts used to say of anyone who had done...One of my aunts used to say of anyone who had done something particularly harebrained, "If brains were dynamite, he couldn't blow his nose!"Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610655125390402869.post-79102520725087992602009-08-20T16:03:13.343-05:002009-08-20T16:03:13.343-05:00My Great Grandmother, Annie Carter Jackson would o...My Great Grandmother, Annie Carter Jackson would often remind us girls when choosing a boyfriend, "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!". The meaning: pick a good man from the start rather than attempting to convert one!:-)<br /><br />Luckie.<br />www.ourgeorgiaroots.comLuckiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747339234820634005noreply@blogger.com