Archaic phrases

[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]

'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]

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]

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]

"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]

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]

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

[cry freedom]

"Bulls eyes" and "gob stoppers"

"Winkle pickers"

Ira pensions.

Posting dead turkeys to England as Christmas presents.

Demanding ,"American papers please copy" on death notices.

Three Hail Marys for a happy death.

Rosary "trimmings".

Prayers for the conversion of Russia.

Going down on one knee and kissing a bishops ring [on his finger ! ya dirty divil] at Croke Park