Branch Come Home Year

August 9-19, 2007

Sayings

 

“He’s in the rattlin’ hoars about her”  Infatuated/obsessed with 

 

“Large Day” Beautiful sunny day

 

“Seas going in the clouds” Rough seas

 

“Wouldn’t get in with ya if you were going to the stations”

In reference to a driver whose driving skills you do not trust

 

“Big as the spars on the Labrador” The Labrador was a vessel which went aground near Branch, many parts were salvaged by the people of Branch including the spars

 

“Hope ya bust”  a snarky insult to a person that you disliked. May also be said in jest.

 

Submitted by: Sheila Nash

 

“You’re a spawl off the devil”   referring to a bad person

 

 “He don’t know but flour is a dollar a sack” referring to a person who is unaware of his surroundings

 

“He’s got neither a click nor a clue” referring to a person who is unaware of his surroundings

 

“He’d drink it out of a horses hoof” referring to a person who likes to drink

 

“He don’t know the war is over” referring to a person who is unaware of his surroundings

 

“Ya wouldn’t tie him on” unstoppable

 

“ Tangly as a Trawl” Easily made into a mess

 

“Smell of the devil off it” bad odor off an item

 

“He’s as stund as a bag of hammers” referring to a person who is unaware of his surroundings

 

“Not much slack on you” a hard-working person

 

 “He’s on the hay” referring to a person on the booze

 

 “He’s in a keen way” referring to a person who is obsessed with another or something

 

“I can tell ya one thing…….” used in conversation to make your point clear

 

“What about Ohms law?”  Used in reference to figuring out something - a favourite saying of Gerald Campbell. Ohms Law is the theory of mathematics between resistance, current and voltage

 

 

Submitted by: Rosella (Nash) Coffey

 

“ The Head Gazero” The Boss or leader

 

“Big as a camp” Large

 

“Gone out the road like a scalded cat” To move quickly

 

“ Foolish as Tom Hunt’s dog” Act silly

 

“Wild as a spring lamb” A wild person

 

“ You’re codding me” You’re kidding me

 

“ He’s on  a keen spree” in reference to a person who is drinking a lot

 

“ He’s on a keen tear” in reference to a person who is drinking a lot

 

“ I’d sooner graze” referring to a job you do not want to do 

 

“ Some blustery out” a stormy day 

 

“ Ya might be pushing daisies this time next year” you may be dead

 

“ He wouldn’t drive a nail” an unhandy person

 

“ I’ll coil ya up in the corner” a physical threat

 

“Sugar on ya” – Polite way of cursing on something or someone.

 

Submitted by: Hubert Power

 

“ He wouldn't back from anybody from Willie Power’s to Willie Hennessey’s

 creeping nor crawling” - Fearless person

 

Submitted by: Angie Nash

 

“ Who Knit Ya?” Who are your parents?

 

Submitted by: Elaine McGrath

 

“The sun is splitting the rocks” it is really sunny outside

“You've a keen bad fashion”  you have bad habits

“Flat out!” as fast as they could go

“Dat’s it b'y” to accept something

“The roads are like the bottle” slippery conditions

“Quick on the tongue” back answering

“There's more than one way to skin a cat” there's a way to get around something/ another way to do it

“More meat on good Friday” referring to a thin person

“I got a keen tongue banging” Somebody has verbally attacked you

“If you had brains you'd be dangerous” If someone was smarter, then they would come up with good things

“I may have been born in the woods, but I didn't eat the bows “Means that someone may not consider themselves smart, but they have an idea of what is going on.

"I didn't come downstairs yesterday" Wasn't born yesterday

“Blocked solid there” means that there was a lot of people there

“You’re done up like a stick of chewing gum” someone is dressed up

“Any bickies home?” Any cookies home?

“Won't have enough to get home out of it” someone will spend so much money, that they won't be able to afford to get home

"Half in the bag" Tipsy

"I'd wonder at you" Means that you would think about a person that doesn't seem to be all there

“Face on ya like the Big Ben in London” someone is cross/mad looking

“I'd curse ya up in the clouds”  Get really mad at someone and curse a lot at them

“Ya can mark it down in your daybook” Means that you can guarantee something to someone

“You can't suck the blood from a turnip” You can't take something that isn't there. For example if you asked someone for a loan, and they had no money, then 'you can't suck the blood from a turnip.'

“You’re some slippery” you're some sly

“Smell of the bed off ya” Referring to someone who has slept a lot

“No flies on you” An intelligent person

“Keen goin' on” Bad things happening

“If I hits ya, I'll put out the lights in the cannery” Means that if someone is to hit someone, then they'll knock them out

“Poor as Laz” A very poor person

“No siree- no way! ” Either do something or don't do it

“So hungry I'd eat the lamb of gaw'd “ Really hungry person

“Mind yer mouth now!” Shut up

“Don't tell me, ask me” Something that a very confident person would say

“I wasn't shut up, I was reared up, and every time I looks at you, I throws up”      Telling someone that you are better than them

“He/She got a keen lacing” He/she got physically beaten up

“As sure as you're sitting there..” To guarantee something

“Wouldn't wear that going to the clothesline” Dislike of a clothing article

“Me head’s all plugged up”  To have a cold

“Cut ya  to the bone” Insult someone

“He's as lazy as a cut dog” Lazy

“Give me some, and save me some” {speaks for itself}

“Go away! or Go away with ya!” Unbelievable

“You can eat as much as Tommy in the Bog” Eat a lot of food , Big appetite

“Keen snarl /Slick snarl/Hard fix to be in”  A bad situation

“If ya had to go live 'longside them, ya'd get into it” Means that if you had to live next to an annoying person, they life would not be easy.

“Stop skittering” Stop giggling

“Whoa! Ya got beat! Some glad” Happy that someone has lost an argument.

“More miles on you than what it is on Ronnie Nash.” Ronnie Nash was the taxi driver, and this is used to describe someone that does a lot of going

“Can't see the length of you hand in Branch Country” Really blustery -or- really foggy

“Get your hours this year?” Collect enough working hours for unemployment insurance

“She/He wouldn't give ya a drink of water” A mean person

"If you're born poor, you'll die poor"

“You have it knocked” someone has a good life

“Show me your company, and I'll tell ya who ya are” Show me who you spend time with, and I'll let ya know that I thinks of you.

"Stay clear of that crowd" Do not hang around with a certain crowd of people.

“If looks could kill, I'd be dead” Someone gives you a black look

“He's in the rats!” Withdrawal from heavy alcohol use

“Give it to her! / Whatever ya can suffer/ Lay on the gas” give it your all

“Take up dinner” Put dinner on the table

“Slow down, or I'll jump 'er” Slow down the car, or I will jump out

"Yer bad in yer head" Brain isn't functioning properly

"You’re not playing with a full deck" someone doesn't have alot of common sense

"Any berries in it this year?" Asking whether it is a good year on berries or not

"Take ya by the scruff of your neck" To grab someone by the neck

'Cheques come?" Did the pay cheques come in the mail

“If they put your brains in a bird, they'd fly backwards”- A stupid person

"Bed head" Flat spot in the back of your head after getting up in the morning

Get your whack today? Welfare

"Keen smell of toast off you"

“On the mash the year?” Picking any berries yet this year?