
Sean talks about old-fashioned sayings
Sean Coyle remembers the old-fashioned anecdotes his parents would say. Phil from Derry recalls what his mother used to say: ‘I'll get the Sally rod to you’.
Phil from Derry remembers what his mother used to say: ‘I'll get the Sally rod to you’. But wonders who exactly was Sally?
One caller remembers being out on a Sunday with his brothers and acting the Candyman and his father saying: ‘If I had yous boys back in Robert's St yous will know what's sticking to yous’.
Craig from Antrim would say: ‘acting the maggot’, comes from whenever you're putting a maggot on the hook when you're fishing, it wriggles and jumps about like an eejit.
Christy in Derry says my father used to say to me: ‘catch yourself on and have a titter of wit’.
Music from Dolly Parton, Terry Jacks, Prelude, Ricky Nelson, Bruce Springsteen and more.
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Music Played
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Norman Greenbaun
Spirit In the Sky
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Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge
I Fought The Law
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Fats Domino
Ain't That A Shame
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Steve Earle & Sharon Shannon
the Galway Girl
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Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
Just Someone I Used To Know
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Terry Jacks
Seasons In The Sun
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Prelude
After The Goldrush
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Tom Jones
Without Love
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Elvis Presley
How Great Thou Are
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Rick Nelson
Never Be Anyone Else
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Hank Locklin
Please Help Me I'm Falling
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Billy Joel
My Life
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Ben E. King
Spanish Harlem
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The Fureys
Red Rose Cafe
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Sam Cooke
Chain Gang
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Bruce Springsteen
Old Dan Tucker
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Charley Pride
Crystal Chandelier
Broadcast
- Wed 10 Jul 201910:30BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle

