Owdo me owd butties, we dunna get to see many lions in Shropshire, mebbe owd Scriven had summat to do with that… Once upon a time,and a long long time ago, possibly around 1320 (that’s the year not the time),… Read More »OWD (OULD) SCRIVEN
Ow bin’ee me owd butties, I hope that you inna ailing and I canna guarantee that these ‘ull work so i’d better say dunna try these at whum. NIGHT CRAMPS – place a potato in a bag under your pillow… Read More »SOME OWD SHROPSHIRE CURES Part Two
Owdo me owd butties, as today marks sixty years of hiding behind the sofa and watching Doctor Who through our fingers, I thought you might be interested in a few Shropshire connections to the good doctor. Shrewsbury lass, Catherine Trimby… Read More »KNOCK KNOCK, WHO’S THERE?
Owdo me owd butties, well the Flower Show has bin and gone, so as summer is over and the nights are drawing in I thought you might like to read a few more sayings that I have gleaned frum Shropshire… Read More »OH I SAY! SOME SHROPSHIRE SAYINGS PART SIX
Ow bin’ee me owd butties? I hope that you inna ailing and i canna gurantee that these ‘ull work so i’d better say dunna try these at whum. Whooping Cough – eat ground woodlice mixed with sugar milk drunk frum… Read More »SOME OWD SHROPSHIRE CURES part one
Owdo me owd butties, I thought you might like to read a few more sayings that I have gleaned frum Shropshire books and Shropshire folk. They inna all unique to Shropshire but they have all bin used here, now pay… Read More »OH I SAY… SHROPSHIRE SAYINGS PART FIVE
Owdo me owd butties thank’ee for joining me for some more of me chunnerin’s, today it’s all about a little stone in the middle of nowhere. In January 1691 a pedlar left Newcastle (our Newcastle in Shropshire) in plenty of… Read More »CANTLIN STONE aka Pedlar’s Stone
Some Shropshire Shrovetide Stories Owdo me owd butties, how many pancakes will you have?, tell the truth now. When I was a young’un I used to be envious of the other childers telling the teacher that they’d had 10 or… Read More »Trib-and-Knurr anyone?
Owd Mr Chatterpie (part two) Owdo me owd butties, thank’ee most kindly for poppin’ in for another brevit. I thought you might like to know how to ward off some bad luck. In Shropshire the Magpie is sin(seen) as the… Read More »Ye Olde Blogge – Maggie Pies
Owdo me owd butties, I thought you might like to read a few more sayings that I have gleaned frum Shropshire books and Shropshire folk. They inna all unique to Shropshire but they have all bin used here, now pay… Read More »OH I SAY…SHROPSHIRE SAYINGS PART FOUR