Old farmer's saying's..... do you know any ?

[deere 6600]

When talking about a field that never seemed to grow very much . It's too far from the midden !!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

The secret to a good ley is an Erth Drill [emoji23]

 

[GeorgeK]

One for the rook and one for the crow, one to rot and one to grow.

I'll update this with a modern OSR version:
Three for the beetles, four for the slugs, five for the pigeons, none left for us!

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

As told by an old mechanic.
Never stick your finger where you wouldn't stick your cock

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Young birds never feed old birds.

Well fed, well satisfied and poorly shod and they never stray far from home.

 

[Nearly]

A good woman is like concrete.
Lay it right and you can walk all over it for years.

 

[Farmer Roy]

“The difference between a good farmer and a bad one is a week“

lot of truth in that IMO - the arable job is all about timing

“an inch of rain at the right time will make a good farmer out of anyone”


maybe more relevant to our environment

 

[andyt87]

As told by an old mechanic.
Never stick your finger where you wouldn't stick your cock

Did you check he still had them all?

Know a driller who used to say the same- but had lost a thumb

 

[DrWazzock]

It never rains in a dry time.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Again, perhaps more relevant in our environment

“the droughts not over till we get a good flood”


tbh, most of the sayings here I’ve never heard & probably half of them I struggle to even understand

 

[wanton dwarf]

I don't know any old sayings .. but I will always remember my grand father trying to show me something by touching an electric fence with a peice of grass and holding the grass on the ground.

 

[Courier]

It were a lot warmer when it were colder .....

 

[Wilksy]

Wetter than an otters pocket

 

[Courier]

“The difference between a good farmer and a bad one is a week“

lot of truth in that IMO - the arable job is all about timing

So is politics .......

 

[Lowland1]

How the hell did you do that?

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

Did you check he still had them all?

Know a driller who used to say the same- but had lost a thumb

He was ok but he'd had a lad working for him who'd lost a couple of fingers

 

[76masseyman]

Don’t put anything away broken.

Everyday is a school day.

 

[snarling bee]

If you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves.

More haste, less speed.

Its not how fast you go...its when you start

A dripping June puts everything in tune.

 

[Exfarmer]

He was ok but he'd had a lad working for him who'd lost a couple of fingers

Better losing fingers than tother

 

[Cab-over Pete]

You can only pi$$ with the cock you’ve got.

One I think is great is far better told by @Shovelhands Just imagine his broad Essex accent......

He’ll know the saying I mean.