Old Sayings,Anecdotes,Related to Wildlife

[Ted Pearson]

Originally Posted by tcvarlh

I agree in principal Ted, however, I have a problem with placing the 'Ursprung' with the Celts. It appears we place all and every ancient festival or ceremony firmly on these folk. As though they were a well or fount of arcane knowledge and didn't gain their information from other peoples.

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Ahh, but I agree with you completely. I am in no way inclined to think that any known religion or the traditions thereof are the ‘original’. The progression of understanding, imagination, reflection of human nature and observation of surroundings seem to be the driver of tradition. This progression may well have started at the first ancestral creature in our primordial past that was able to convey transient thought. I only proposed the Celts for the tradition’s similarities and my ignorance of applicable surrounding or previous cultures. I am checking this for some leads. Atlantic (period) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

[posie]

Then there's 'Waste not want not'....In this throwaway society I think it's been 'swept under the carpet'

And 'Love makes the world go round'..... not enough of that methinks.

[posie]

Then there all the sayings and phrases related to FOOD. He's a Bad Egg, or She's a Good Egg..( Sexist ? ? ME ? ? )...In A Stew...................

[Dutchess]

Originally Posted by posie

Then there all the sayings and phrases related to FOOD. He's a Bad Egg, or She's a Good Egg..( Sexist ? ? ME ? ? )...In A Stew...................

Careful there, don't end up with egg on yer face, Poe! Pot, kettle, black ?!




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[loripo]

Bringing home the bacon?
or

A chip off the old block

( I know, I know - that's not food - tch)

[Dutchess]

How about;

"It's like salt on a sparrow's tail"

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[posie]

Originally Posted by Dutchess

How about;

"It's like salt on a sparrow's tail"

D.

And ,'She's worth her salt' (OK,OK, so is 'He')

[Monkey Orchid]

One of my favourite tree-related sayings:

"Elm do grieve; oak do hate; willow do walk if you travel late."

Custom has it that an elm tree will mourn if a neighboring elm is cut down, eventually dying of its grief; an oak copse will springs from the roots of a felled oak, but the new copse is then hostile to people... Whilst willow trees are believed to have the habit of following travelers walking late at night and muttering behind them.

I kind of like the idea of random muttering willows following people around. As long as they're not whomping willows!

[sunnydale]

This one just came to mind....although it's a bit

'The dogs bo****ks'

As in, something that's the best of it's kind!

[Dutchess]

Or, "The Mutt's Nuts"



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