Archaic phrases

[The Field Marshal]

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.

Found it.
Qeenie I O

"Queenie I O, Queenie I O ,who's got the ball?
Are they short, or are they tall?
Are they hairy, or are they bald?
You don't know because you don't have the ball!"

[bboruimhe]

'Vote Vote Vote for De Vale-ra, in comes XX at the door I O
XX is the one who can have a bit of fun, so we don't want Devo any more I O'

skipping song

[QuizMaster]

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

A heavily edited joke about the travelling community which is very non-pc and in very poor taste:

Q: How can you tell when ********************************?
A: She's only wearing one sock.

I'm sure you'll be able to work it out.

[The Field Marshal]

Well heres one from sixties Limerick.
[And this was before the expression "stab city" was ever coined.]

"Stab the rasher"

This was reputed to have been roared by the Limerick male while attempting to mate.

[constitutionus]

archaic phrases eh?

"i'd like a marathon a gollywog bar and a packet of opal fruits please !"

[ibis]

Well heres one from sixties Limerick.
[And this was before the expression "stab city" was ever coined.]

"Stab the rasher"

This was reputed to have been roared by the Limerick male while attempting to mate.

A girl by the name of Natasha
Had affairs with Tom, Dick, and Sasha
When asked why this was
She answered "Because
I am fond of both sausage and rasher."

[cry freedom]

Before "Biros" you had "indelible pencils".

[TommyO'Brien]

Archaic phrases (so to speak - well dated ones at least)

Fianna Fáil - 'you can trust us on the economy.'

Planet Bertie.

The Greens - 'We will ban flouride as soon as we get into government.'

"BBC COLOUR"

"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien"

"Simon Cowell's new show is going to fail. I predict it." - Television critic in the Evening Standard on the X Factor.

"Meil and Priss" - meaning Evening Mail and Evening Press, Dublin's one-time two leading evening newspapers, as they would be called out by street vendors.

"Charlie Haughey is honest and those who say he is not are liars" - Sean Doherty.

[PaddyJoe McGillycuddy]

A girl by the name of Natasha
Had affairs with Tom, Dick, and Sasha
When asked why this was
She answered "Because
I am fond of both sausage and rasher."

[Sam Lord]

I always liked Childrens Allowance being referred to as the "mickey money".

Always hated every damm thing being referred to as a "yoke".