Stair rods, teeming, and cats and dogs are surely pretty ubiquitous. Siling and old ladies and sticks are expressions I have not heard before. I like them.
It’s not weather related but, as a boy, my father in law used to be sent up to the allotment by his father for a ‘boiling of peas’. Is that used anywhere outside Nottingham, or maybe even outside that household?
Good expression which I would understand as being enough peas for the meal tonight! I'd go for a "boiling of peas" at the moment as my mangetout seem a bit odd! I love fresh peas and here in France they do a dish called "Petits Pois à la Bonne Femme" - it's delish and I try and have at least one feed of fresh peas each year. Anyway, the Horsemen seem to have gone their merry way as today brings sun and the birds.
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I like the Irish description - a soft morning. That's when it's mild with drippy mist.
It’s not weather related but, as a boy, my father in law used to be sent up to the allotment by his father for a ‘boiling of peas’. Is that used anywhere outside Nottingham, or maybe even outside that household?
I'd go for a "boiling of peas" at the moment as my mangetout seem a bit odd! I love fresh peas and here in France they do a dish called "Petits Pois à la Bonne Femme" - it's delish and I try and have at least one feed of fresh peas each year. Anyway, the Horsemen seem to have gone their merry way as today brings sun and the birds.