Familly sayings
There are two sayings that have been passed down from generation to generation in our familly and I haven't got a clue what they mean.

If someone is being a bit slow, a familly memeber will say "Hurry up, I'm stood here like one of Lewises"

Anyone misbehaving will be told "stop that or I'll put you in a home with your ears pinned back"

When getting ready to go out, somone will always say: "Put you shoes on Lucy, don't you know you're in the city"

Baffling, but I say them all to my wife, who has now started saying them as well.

Can anyone shed any light on the origins of these sayings?
(ScousersPet, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 9:51, 6 replies)

Put your shoes on Lucy...
That's from an old song by Gracie Fields:-

lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/p/putyourshoesonlucy.shtml

My mother used to sing it to me as well...
(barlick, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 10:25, closed)

i don't know
but they made me lol
(ewe, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 10:29, closed)

Shoes!
Put Your Shoes On, Lucy is an old folk song.

Buggered if I know anything about the others.

EDIT: Curses, beaten to it.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 10:30, closed)

One of Lewis's
This refers to the Department store Lewis's in Liverpool. "One of Lewis's" would be one of the dummies (mannequins) in the shop window.

Never heard of the ears one though...
(har mar supermarket, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 11:21, closed)

If you have many of anything...
My dad says, "you've got more *whatever* than soft Mick"

I have NO idea who soft Mick was but he sure had a lot of stuff.
(karnuvap, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 16:56, closed)

Lewis'
Is indeed connected to Lewis' dept store in central Liverpool but rather than refer to the mannequins it's actually to do with the HUGE statue of the naked man above the main entrance.

Or so my darling wife tells me.
(MadBouncyDog Barking at the moon since, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 23:19, closed)