From: "Evelyn" ewoudenberg@roadrunner.nf.net To: NFLD-LAB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:10 AM Subject: "NEWFOUNDLAND DEFINITIONS"!!! > The following "Newfoundland Definitions" forwarded to me by Nancy Rourke. > > > ENJOY! > > 1.. Busy as a nailer > 2.. Black as soot > 3.. Big as Munn > 4.. Bold as brass > 5.. Brown as a berry > 6.. Cross as the cats > 7.. Crazy as a loo > 8.. Cute as a rat (didn't know rats were cute????) {smile} > 9.. Dark as pitch > 10.. Deaf as a haddock > 11.. Dirty as duck's puddle > 12.. Dry as a bone > 13.. Far as ever a puffin flew > 14.. Foolish as a caplin > 15.. Flat as a pancake > 16.. Hard as the hob of hell > 17.. Hard as the knockers of Newgate > 18.. Hungry as a hound > 19.. Ignorant as a pig (I heard pig's are smart????) {smile} > 20.. Like a northerly squall > 21.. Like a singed cat > 22.. Like a cat on hot rocks > 23.. Like a birch broom in the fits > 24.. Lazy as the dogs > 25.. Leaky as a basket > 26.. Lonesome as a gull on a rock > 27.. Mute as a mouse > 28.. Old as Buckley's goat > 29.. Proud as Guilderoy > 30.. Rotten as dirt > 31.. Rough as a dogfish's back > 32.. Round as the bung of a cask > 33.. Round as a barrel > 34.. Soft as mummy > 35.. Slow as cold molasses > 36.. Saucy as a crackie > 37.. Sore as a boil > 38.. Stiff as a poker > 39.. Solid as a rock > 40.. Smooth as a mill pond > 41.. Smooth as oil > 42.. Soggy as lead > 43.. Stunned as an owl > 44.. Smart as a bee > 45.. Straight as a ramrod > 46.. Sound as a bell > 47.. Smoky as a Labrador tilt > 48.. Thick as tar > 49.. Thin as an eggshell > 51.. White as the driven snow > 52.. Wild as a deer > 53.. Wide as the devil's boot > 54.. Yellow as beaten gold > I remember a few of these "Newfoundland Sayings" as well, such as : > duckage/duckish.......meaning "almost dark at evening time" > > "oges/hoges".......meaning."something terrible" > "thick Skull"......meaning "disobedient/not listening" > "bite yer tongue".....meaning....."to refrain from making a rude remark" > > "Mind yer mouth/lip"......meaning.......be careful of what you are saying. > > "shut yer gob"......meaning ."shut up, refrain from speaking" > > "thick lips".......meaning....".not much lips at all" > > "lazy as a cut Dog".....meaning..."neutered Dog on the day of surgery" > > "blind as a Bat".....meaning....."poor eye sight" > > "Blind in one eye and can't see outta da oter".....meaning...."didn't notice > a certain person or object" > > "Looking for a needle in a haystack"....meaning....."an endless search/hard > to find" > > "Da bigger da hals, the bigger da burries".....meaning....."The big Hills > has big berries" or "the bigger the hills, the bigger the berries" > > "not fit to shoot/burn",,,,meaning...."a very funny/comical person" or a > very "rude and nasty person" > > "Wind the Cat and put the Clock outdoors".....meaning... > "prepare to sleep at night" > > "Stunned as me arse"....meaning......"defining a person on not doing the > correct command" > > "Slept like a Log"......meaning...."A good nights rest" > > "A little Watch Face"....meaning....."A person with a short round face" > > "Be sure your sins will find you out"....meaning...."Do not lie or do wrong" > > "Slow as cold mollasses running up an hill".....meaning.... > "A very slow person in motion" > > "Dunce".....meaning...."Stupid" > > "Root out yer ear-holes"....meaning....."the statement was repeated for the > second time" > > "Awlful big Starn".....meaning....."A person having a big Stern/Buttocks" > > "Awlful set of knockers"....meaning... "A woman with big breasts" > > "yer pants are on the part before"....meaning...."your pants are put on > backwards" > > "tarmenten trash"....meaning....."a person teasing or tormenting" > > "She's in the family way or she's gonna be sick".....meaning...."A pregnant > Lady" > > "She's tits up or ten toes up".....meaning....."A person died" > > "Poor Soul didn't stand a chance".....meaning....."lack of opportunity or no > cure for a certain illness" > > > Cheers > Evelyn >