Archaic phrases

[MsAnneThrope]

Originally Posted by cry freedom

Gower puck má cat melogen

If I said that tomorrow when ordering me coffee and apple tart in the village cafe would I get into trouble? Haven't a clue what it's supposed to mean CF!

[Supermanpolitician]

Not strictly on topic but I recently heard a lady being described as a "pitching wedge".

[Baron von Biffo]

'Clipe' - A twit.

[Hillmanhunter1]

Any truth in the suggestion that the term "Toe-rag" came from the Tuareg tribe of North Africa?

[cry freedom]

Originally Posted by Baron von Biffo

'Clipe' - A twit.

Round here you would give a lad a "clipe" round the ear or a "clipe" of a hurley.
I think it meant a sort of a glancing blow

[ibis]

Originally Posted by Hillmanhunter1

Any truth in the suggestion that the term "Toe-rag" came from the Tuareg tribe of North Africa?

Nah - it's literally something beggars used instead of socks. Similarly, "jam-rag".

[bboruimhe]

Originally Posted by cry freedom

An even more convoluted one: Spelled phonetically it sounded like "Gower puck má cat melogen

"skinny malink malojen legs had umber-ella feet"

anyone remember this, or the rest of it ?

[ibis]

Originally Posted by bboruimhe

"skinny malink malojen legs had umber-ella feet"

anyone remember this, or the rest of it ?

Skinny malink melodeon legs, big banana feet,
Went to the cinema and couldn't find a seat
When he got a seat he fell fast asleep,
Skinny malink melodeon legs, big banana feet

Skipping or hopscotch rhyme, I think.

[The Field Marshal]

Originally Posted by ibis

Skinny malink melodeon legs, big banana feet,
Went to the cinema and couldn't find a seat
When he got a seat he fell fast asleep,
Skinny malink melodeon legs, big banana feet

Skipping or hopscotch rhyme, I think.

Yes.Great one "skinny malinks melojen",usually thrown out at at anybody slightly anorexic.

There was also a game where you hopped a ball of a wall and had to guess what person standing behind you caught it.

The catcher could even pass it around before the thrower was asked to identify who held the ball.

There was a type of rhyming call that was used I think but have forgotten it now.

[bboruimhe]

Originally Posted by ibis

Skinny malink melodeon legs, big banana feet,
Went to the cinema and couldn't find a seat
When he got a seat he fell fast asleep,
Skinny malink melodeon legs, big banana feet

Skipping or hopscotch rhyme, I think.

Thanks ! Made my day