Oh! I love this one - may I borrow it? Thanks!! Moya Page (nee Banting) researching BANTING and PERREN in Hampshire ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Hobbs To: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] sayings My mother use to say that many years ago, no explanation as to its meaning sorry, it seemed to me that it was a bit of nonsense trivia, similar to another of her sayings "up the flue looking for fudgets". Cheers Maureen & Brian Hobbs from beautiful Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: <pentony@infogen.net.nz> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 7:17 PM Subject: [HantsLife] sayings > Making a wigwam for a goose's bridle. who has heard of this one please, they are asking in Tasmania! > > I have heard of it possibly in Northern Ireland.. many moons ago.. (dark ages!) > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > "GENEALOGISTS DO IT IN TREES!" > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== To contact the List Administrator: chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk To unsubscribe from the list: Mail: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com Digest: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com In both cases put "unsubscribe" in the subject header and no text in the message box ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Message From: "Dorothy Morrissey" ... my husband's answer to the silly question of "Where is so-and-so?" is always "In a brown paper bag under the sink". ~~~~~~~ How about "behind my ear, hanging on a nail!" as my Hampshire family used to say . ;-) Maureen, NZ Mainly researching: BEARE, BANNISTER, GRIST, HAMMETT, PITT, VANSANTEN, WEEKS in HAMPSHIRE, DORSET, WILTSHIRE

going to see a man about a dog! Wonder how it can rain cats and dogs...never seen them have you? I love the old sayings, bet kids dont know about them these days... Just had a fun day yesterday, Aus-Tasmania rootsweb asked for all their members to get active, so there were so many messages coming through then, and still today, Ihave managed to help a few people..nice to be able to help..makes the world a better place! They have 640 members... so imagine the mail coming through...and such a lovely lot of people...oops and Hampshire!! So off to shops shortly, ran out of milk...drat...need it! have a nice day.. Adele in Clareville. breezy down here at present..I will look out for Maureen from Nappy Valley tomorrow, since I will be in Hutt...area of Wellington!! Hi Maureeen!

Was that the forerunner of "Pierced Ears" Maureen? Chris and Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek&Maureen" <franki-mo@paradise.net.nz> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:30 PM Subject: [HantsLife] Re: Answers to silly questions Message From: "Dorothy Morrissey" ... my husband's answer to the silly question of "Where is so-and-so?" is always "In a brown paper bag under the sink". ~~~~~~~ How about "behind my ear, hanging on a nail!" as my Hampshire family used to say . ;-) Maureen, NZ Mainly researching: BEARE, BANNISTER, GRIST, HAMMETT, PITT, VANSANTEN, WEEKS in HAMPSHIRE, DORSET, WILTSHIRE ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== This is YOUR list so please treat it the way you wish yourself treated. Remember: "FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION" It comes bundled with the software! ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003

Rain cats and dogs: If the rain is teeming down the it's said to be raining cats and dogs. This seems to be an odd way of describing weather. The expression first appeared in print in 1653. ("It shall raine.....dogs and polecats"). There are three possible origins, one of which goes back to Norse times. In old Norse weather lore the cat was related to rain and the dog to the wind. If this were the origin then it is likely that the words would have appeared in print before 1653. The second suggestion puts the basis in the Greek word Catadupa, "cataract" or "waterfall". The final idea suggests that the drainage of medieval streets was so poor that cats and dogs frequently drowned during a heavy downpour. Swift's "Description of a City Shower" (1710) gives a good idea of what it was like. It's worth repeating. "Now, from all parts the swelling kennels flow/ And bear their trophies with them as they go/..../ Drown'd puppies, stinking sprats, all drench'd in mud/ Dead cats and turnip tops, come tumbling down the flood." You may take your choice. The argument continues. Chris and Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: <pentony@infogen.net.nz> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:54 PM Subject: [HantsLife] sayings going to see a man about a dog! Wonder how it can rain cats and dogs...never seen them have you? I love the old sayings, bet kids dont know about them these days... Just had a fun day yesterday, Aus-Tasmania rootsweb asked for all their members to get active, so there were so many messages coming through then, and still today, Ihave managed to help a few people..nice to be able to help..makes the world a better place! They have 640 members... so imagine the mail coming through...and such a lovely lot of people...oops and Hampshire!! So off to shops shortly, ran out of milk...drat...need it! have a nice day.. Adele in Clareville. breezy down here at present..I will look out for Maureen from Nappy Valley tomorrow, since I will be in Hutt...area of Wellington!! Hi Maureeen! ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== To contact the List Administrator: chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk To unsubscribe from the list: Mail: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com Digest: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com In both cases put "unsubscribe" in the subject header and no text in the message box ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003

Actually we were told that you could get left and right handed pots and thought it was a wind up! But apparently its true! They had one on Antiques Roadshow a couple of years ago and the chap explained the difference which I forget now! But some of them are quite valuable now so is the old stone hot water bottles!! We always called it the Gazzunder meaning Goes Under (the bed!) Chris and Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pmc248@cs.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 8:17 PM Subject: [HantsLife] Hampshire sayings In our Hampshire home the Chamber pot was always referred to as The left-handed sugar bowl. Have had many people tell me they never heard that one, maybe its something my Dad brought down from his childhood in County Durham. Regards, Pam in Arizona. ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Chris and Caroline Hayles, Eastleigh, Hampshire List Administrators: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Home of SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages EMAIL: chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk FAMILY WEBSITE: http://www.chayles.freeserve.co.uk Over 1,600 villages in HAMPSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, DORSET ISLE OF WIGHT, SURREY, WEST SUSSEX,and WILTSHIRE village history,parish church history, village photographs, and other useful information for genealogy. Lots of links to other useful sites ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003

That expression always used to puzzle me because Bob and Fanny were actually my grandparents' names! And my husband's answer to the silly question of "Where is so-and-so?" is always "In a brown paper bag under the sink". You'd be surprised what we keep there! Dorothy M Whakatane, NZ http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile.

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In our Hampshire home the Chamber pot was always referred to as The left-handed sugar bowl. Have had many people tell me they never heard that one, maybe its something my Dad brought down from his childhood in County Durham. Regards, Pam in Arizona.

A couple from the Payne household of Westend. My mother always referred to an ambulance as "the taxi with the yellow wheels", possibly because the old ambulances were a cream colour...who knows...when I was running late for school it was "Lennie, get your skates on"....Len, Vancouver

Hi Alan Have just checked the postcodes on Royal Mail but nothing is listed. Will try the City Council for you tomorrow. Chris and Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "alanbooth" <alanbooth@supanet.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 8:41 PM Subject: [HantsLife] HILLMER and FERGUSON. Hello List, Copying this to Hampshire Life also. Already have good info on these two families but now researching further: The Chase, Winchester Road, Bassett. Home, in the early 1900s, of William & Elizabeth (nee Mentor) HILLMER and their young daughter Dora Irene Hillmer. Otley House, Winchester Road, Bassett. Home, in the early 1900s, of William John and Helen Louisa (nee Tyler) FERGUSON and family. Both families were related and owners of photographic studios in coastal Sussex, Hampshire and Dorset. Could sks please advise: a. Do these two properties still exist?. b. Any information on the fate or descendants of the Hillmers and Fergusons?. Be really great if we could establish a present day link. Thank you Alan Booth ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Chris and Caroline Hayles, Eastleigh, Hampshire List Administrators: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Home of SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages EMAIL: chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk FAMILY WEBSITE: http://www.chayles.freeserve.co.uk Over 1,600 villages in HAMPSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, DORSET ISLE OF WIGHT, SURREY, WEST SUSSEX,and WILTSHIRE village history,parish church history, village photographs, and other useful information for genealogy. Lots of links to other useful sites ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003

Hello List, Copying this to Hampshire Life also. Already have good info on these two families but now researching further: The Chase, Winchester Road, Bassett. Home, in the early 1900s, of William & Elizabeth (nee Mentor) HILLMER and their young daughter Dora Irene Hillmer. Otley House, Winchester Road, Bassett. Home, in the early 1900s, of William John and Helen Louisa (nee Tyler) FERGUSON and family. Both families were related and owners of photographic studios in coastal Sussex, Hampshire and Dorset. Could sks please advise: a. Do these two properties still exist?. b. Any information on the fate or descendants of the Hillmers and Fergusons?. Be really great if we could establish a present day link. Thank you Alan Booth

Hi Listers, I am currently checking the Film for Hurstbourne Tarrant, in a hope of finding my ggg grandmother who was supposedly from there according to the marriagge entry we found for her in the St Mary Bourne Parish film. While searching the pages we came across the Parish Summary of Account dated June 18. 1773, and I am hoping that someone may be able to explain what the rents are in reference to. Entry for Edward Poore Esq Total of Poore estate in Upton 488 a in Hurstbourne and 250 a in Vernham, and rent 150 pounds and 75 pounds respectively. To whom was the rent payable, and was this for leasing the land? William Poore 78 a in Vernham rent 29 pounds. I know that several members of Poore's were land owners as stated in the return for owners of land, but those list different acreages to the above. If anyone has any inclination of what the above might mean, would be most grateful. many thanks Sheila South Australia --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.483 / Virus Database: 279 - Release Date: 19/05/2003

I remember when small, calling out "Mum, ... where's my mum "? The answer was usually "Run off with a Sailor !" In our house it was "In Fannie's room ....etc" Seamus. (Tout á fait Chevalier ) All e-mail checked by Symantec Professional 2003. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] sayings "Up in Annies room behind the clock" was a favourite expression that my mother used as was "Bobs your Uncle" which puzzled me when I was small as I never had an Uncle Bob and could not understand what my mother meant. My father used to reply with "And Fannies your Aunt" which puzzled me even further. Another favourtie was "up the wooden hill" or "up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire" meaning go to bed. And my grandfather used to always say "He that is up is up and he that is down has to come up" which meant if you were feeling low the only way out was to "come up" out of it!! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Lee Wood" <jleewood@bigpond.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:16 AM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] sayings Making a wigwam for a goose's bridle - is what you say to children, or any large adult, when they ask a silly question. The other good one is - person: 'where's my school uniform, my shoes, my ......thing'. Answer - it's in Annie's room up behind the clock Regards Janice Lee Wood ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Please use common sense when sending or replying to messages on the list. What may not offend you may offend others. Please do not send virus warnings, or other matetial not relevant to Hampshire and its history. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003 ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== This is YOUR list so please treat it the way you wish yourself treated. Remember: "FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION" It comes bundled with the software! ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Those wishing to see the towns and villages where their forefathers came from should visit our websit SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages We have over 1,800 villages of Hampshire, Isle of Wight and the surrounding counties of Dorset, Berkshire, Wiltshire, West Sussex and Surrey with around 2,400 photographs old and new along with historical information and aids to help you in your research. There are over 2,300 pages so make sure you have plenty of time and a cup of tea handy!! We are always on the lookout for more history as well as old photographs of the villages and their people but please email us first to check if we need them!! Nine times out of ten we do!! Chris and Caroline See where your ancestors lived.....visit.... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) WEBSITE Featuring the history of the villages of: Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Dorset, Isle of Wight, West Sussex & Wiltshire http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003

The following updates have now been added to SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages And can be accessed from the MAIN INDEX or by clicking on the county concerned on the front page. UPDATES: Isle of Wight - Ryde - new photos added http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages/ryde.htm SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) is not a commercial website and is to give a brief insight into the villages where your forefathers may have lived. We are constantly on the lookout for new information or old and new photographs to add. If contributing please check with us before you send this is due to virus activity etc. A credit will go alongside the photographs or articles that are submitted so please give us your name and hometown. We would also like to thank all of our subscribers to Hampshire Life, visitors etc for all the support they have given us in the past two years, without your help we would not have such a popular website!! ------------------------------------------- Chris and Caroline See where your ancestors lived.....visit.... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) WEBSITE Featuring the history of the villages of: Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Dorset, Isle of Wight, West Sussex & Wiltshire http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003

Hi all Re - http://www.highlandhearts.com/linda/giggles.html Wonderful fun. Thanx Sue Maureen,NZ Mainly researching: BEARE, BANNISTER, GRIST, HAMMETT, PITT, VANSANTEN, WEEKS in HAMPSHIRE, DORSET, WILTSHIRE

Think you will find you are correct in this is rent for the land itself. Not sure about the landowners themselves though Chris and Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Sheila" <micshe@iprimus.com.au> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 11:42 AM Subject: [HantsLife] Parish Accounts Hi Listers, I am currently checking the Film for Hurstbourne Tarrant, in a hope of finding my ggg grandmother who was supposedly from there according to the marriagge entry we found for her in the St Mary Bourne Parish film. While searching the pages we came across the Parish Summary of Account dated June 18. 1773, and I am hoping that someone may be able to explain what the rents are in reference to. Entry for Edward Poore Esq Total of Poore estate in Upton 488 a in Hurstbourne and 250 a in Vernham, and rent 150 pounds and 75 pounds respectively. To whom was the rent payable, and was this for leasing the land? William Poore 78 a in Vernham rent 29 pounds. I know that several members of Poore's were land owners as stated in the return for owners of land, but those list different acreages to the above. If anyone has any inclination of what the above might mean, would be most grateful. many thanks Sheila South Australia --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.483 / Virus Database: 279 - Release Date: 19/05/2003 ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visit Where your ancestors lived..... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages AND VI ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003

Have heard the expression "Love a duck" but not the latter piece! The only thing we could find on this is: It is an exclamation in the "boy, oh, boy" or "wowee" vein. I have no idea as to it's derivation. There was a 1966 or so film starring Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Ruth Gordon and Harvey Korman named "Lord Love A Duck", a way out off-beat comedy that lampooned the 60s Southern California teen culture. Is it - or can it be - positive, negative, or neutral? I've always heard it as mild amazement, expressing much the same sentiment as "well now I've seen everything," or "imagine that!" Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Palmer" <brian@palmer153.fsnet.co.uk> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: [HantsLife] More sayings Hi Listers My dear late mother use to say "Well love a duck and stab a blinking policeman" I have never heard anyone else use it and never thought of asking her what it meant. Regards Brian P Fair Oak ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Chris and Caroline Hayles, Eastleigh, Hampshire List Administrators: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Home of SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages EMAIL: chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk FAMILY WEBSITE: http://www.chayles.freeserve.co.uk Over 1,600 villages in HAMPSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, DORSET ISLE OF WIGHT, SURREY, WEST SUSSEX,and WILTSHIRE village history,parish church history, village photographs, and other useful information for genealogy. Lots of links to other useful sites ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003

Have a look at the following websites re this saying: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-whi1.htm http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/p/dictionary/slang-w.html (You will have to scroll down to wigwam in the above entry of the Macquarie Dictionary) and finally: http://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/strine/w.htm The last one is a bit slow to load but it does have plenty of "strine" expressions such as "Wally Grout", "water the horse" and widgie. (None of which are in popular use here!!) Regards, David. Balgownie NSW > Making a wigwam for a goose's bridle. who has heard of this one > please, they are asking in Tasmania! > > I have heard of it possibly in Northern Ireland.. many moons ago.. > (dark ages!) >