The Mchull cup

[shaaark 10,996]

16 minutes ago, Black neck said:

It is fecking cold lol

Ne'er cast a clout till May is out.

[mitre 102]

I heard that before off my father and know what it means in a way if growing any young seedlings or tender plants you still can get frost till may is out the way people have said we had snow in June well back in the 70s 

[Black neck 16,480]

11 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Ne'er cast a clout till May is out.

Not now u squirrel in vintertime 

[chartpolski 25,664]

I allways thought “clout “ was an old northern term for clothing  , meaning don’t take off your winter clothes until you’re sure it’s summer, I.e. after May.

Cheers.

[Black neck 16,480]

1 minute ago, chartpolski said:

I allways thought “clout “ was an old northern term for clothing  , meaning don’t take off your winter clothes until you’re sure it’s summer, I.e. after May.

Cheers.

It is that laddie ,clout is also a corruption of coat  but my old apprentice master reckoned that once some bird in a skirt had her legs all about the place and he could see right up her clouts so feck k nows

[shaaark 10,996]

17 minutes ago, Black neck said:

It is that laddie ,clout is also a corruption of coat  but my old apprentice master reckoned that once some bird in a skirt had her legs all about the place and he could see right up her clouts so feck k nows

Blackie! No need for such sexually ribald comments, you uncouth oik!! 

[chartpolski 25,664]

12 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Blackie! No need for such sexually ribald comments, you uncouth oik!! 

Leave him alone ! He’s just called me “laddie” ! LOL !

Cheers.

[Black neck 16,480]

27 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Blackie! No need for such sexually ribald comments, you uncouth oik!! 

I was being informed and despotic wi a twist

[shaaark 10,996]

Just now, Black neck said:

I was being informed and despotic wi a twist

Aah, nay problem.

[BobDown 937]

1 hour ago, chartpolski said:

I allways thought “clout “ was an old northern term for clothing  , meaning don’t take off your winter clothes until you’re sure it’s summer, I.e. after May.

Cheers.

The word clout in Lancashire would be used to refer to giving someone a pasting , to give someone a clout 

[chartpolski 25,664]

1 minute ago, BobDown said:

The word clout in Lancashire would be used to refer to giving someone a pasting , to give someone a clout 

Same here, but I remember my granny referring to a dish cloth as a “dish clout, or “cloot “ aswell.

Cheers.

[WataWalloper 1,651]

12 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

Same here, but I remember my granny referring to a dish cloth as a “dish clout, or “cloot “ aswell.

Cheers.

That’s why we call a dumpling a clooty dumpling ain’t it? Cos it was wrapped in a cloot?? Atleast that was my understanding of it 

[WataWalloper 1,651]

Thought so 

[Black neck 16,480]

Ground breaking shit 

[Bangersanmash 4,022]

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