Thursday Thirteen: Old Saws: Sayings from the days on the Farm.

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 NOTE: to the other respondents to Thursday 13.  I tried to leave a comment on three others’  feeds and failed numerous times.  Then I tried to leave a comment on the Meme home.  No luck for me there, either.  I love the meme but if I can’t figure this out, I won’t feel comfortable doing it. Sorry.  I’ll probably always read it.  Wishing you happiness in everything.

Today’s 13..  

I. "In for a penny, in for a pound" When I was small, I could never figure this one out, and this is because, well, I'm not British. 😄

II. "He who laughs last, laughs best."  This has been a very worthy saying for many issues in my life.

III. "That which does not kill you, only serves to make you stronger." Amen, Amen...

IV. "Least said, soonest mended."  I still have the image of my grandma, hand sewing, when I hear this.

V. Grandpa: "If I had a penny for every time I heard that, I'd be a rich man."  He wasn't rich but he was kind and very honest.

VI.  "Waste not, Want not"  And, boy, let me tell you, in the War Years, no one wasted ANYTHING.   

They, meaning my Grandpa, Grandma and Aunts, had all been through the Great Depression, and it left an indelible mark on the people who had been.  

My grandpa was a heavy equipment operator and mechanic.  So he and grandma and their four daughters traveled with the work.  They lived out of a car.  My youngest Aunt was a babe in arms and the other girls were various ages but all small.  My grandmother's hand crank Singer sewing machine came along, and she made clothes for her girls,  and she did trades for this skill by making, mending or altering clothes for others, too.  The girls had the duty of turning the crank while she sewed.

I once had a photo of them all by that old car, but a lot of my old photos from that time disappeared when they were "borrowed" by siblings.  This explains why the next old saw is:

VII.  "Forgive and Forget"  I remember someone being told that, and their retort was, "Ya?  Try it sometime". 😝

VIII.  "A watched pot never boils."  Go do something else or you'll drive yourself, and me, nuts. 

VIV. Mother's Old Saw.... It's really not for pruning but she sometimes used it for that.  

                                      It is an old saw, yes?


X.  "Needs Must".  Which is really another old saw, init? 😉

XI. "Let a smile be your umbrella".  When we were a little sad, my aunts and grandparents would say this... I was only five and I thought, Gee, a frown was more like it. ☂️  Upside down umbrellas were smiles.

XII. "Don't count your chickens until they are hatched."  So apropos for this modern age.

XIII. "Least said, soonest mended."

Thanks for coming along with me on this little trip.  I need to remember my childhood as it's fading away with time.....