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 books and Shropshire folk. They inna all unique to Shropshire but they have all bin used here, now pay attention there mebbe questions later.
Jettied right well (got on well)
As Jimmy as yo plasen (happy/sprightly)
Johny-knock softly (a slow clumsy worker)
God made the oonts but owd Nick made the rots
Ketch out,oot? (catch hold will you)
Not afe bad (quite good)
No danger (not likely)
No great shakes (not up to much)
A regular nurker (unusually good)
Put her spoon in the wall and given up messin’ (died)
Beatin’ the bounds (walking parish boundary)
Your drains is smellin’ (dinner smells good)
“Hot rolls, rolls all hot” (Shrewsbury bread sellers cry)
Off to heaven for a yarcut (Bishop Castle barber, W. Heaven)
Yes, surree (a way of rounding off a sentence)
Danker me! that’s enough chunnerin’ frum me for one day, please feel free to share any of your own and thank’ee muchly to anyone who is still reading this far down, now run along and play nicely,yes surree – shroppiemon
