When I think back to my growing up years, there are a lot of
rather odd sayings and facts and general nonsense that I was told or learned that
still affects me today in one way or another.
Like -
From my father:
If you posed a question to him in the form of a statement (I
have a question..), his response would be:
Shoot luke, I’ve got you faded.
I have no idea where this came from – “got you faded” = got
you covered. I do still hear him say it
in my memories though.
Hells bells and little fishes
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Home again home again jiggity jump
This was something I remember my dad saying when we (as in
the five of us) got home from a drive. I
expect it came from a nursery rhyme although why its “jump” rather than “jig or
jog”, I have no idea. I used to say it
when my children were young.
To market, to market, to buy a
fat pig,
Home again, home again,
jiggety-jig.
To market, to market, to buy a
fat hog,
Home again, home again,
jiggety-jog.
To market, to market, to buy a
plum bun,
Home again, home again, market
is done
Now, I don’t know or remember the episode wherein this piece
of wisdom was given me. But I do clearly
remember being told –
Frogs give you warts
Lesson Learned – Don’t
touch frogs.
OK I know better.
Warts are caused by viruses.
Frogs have nothing to do with warts.
However, somewhere in the hidden recesses of my mind, is the fact that,
my father – the doctor, said it was true.
I don’t touch frogs, they give you warts.
So when I was a youngish child, it was popular amongst us
neighborhood kids to catch an Anole
lizard, tie a piece of thread around a leg
and safety pin the other end of the thread to our shirt. Then, we had a little living pin. This was cool, until the day my Anole bit my
finger. Of course, it didn’t hurt but it
didn’t let go either so I went to my father, the fixer of all things, with
tears in my eyes and held out a trembling hand with a lizard hanging from a finger. Help!
And, my father in his wise way looked at the problem and said
Guess we’ll have to wait until sundown for it to fall off.
Lesson learned?? Don’t touch lizards – they bite.
Now, once again, as an adult, I know better. It’s a defense mechanism and put the lizard
next to a ledge or branch, it will happily let go and run away. However, I still do not touch lizards – they
bite.
This one may be surprising since he was a doctor, but he
told me this a number of times when I’d ask about a particular medical
situation.
Doctors don’t know. They are
guessing based on current available research.
It’s called “practice” for a reason. (as in a medical practice)
It’s called “practice” for a reason. (as in a medical practice)
Yes, I do believe that still today.
And, this one I still believe and incorporate into my life
actions – in regard to illness and many other things -
Control your mind
Control your mind and you can control your body.
More another day.
Take care
well, I remember it as jiggety 'jog'.
ReplyDeletecould be and I'm just remembering it wrong. has been a year or two.
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