'Lies and truths ma mother telt me!' : your Scottish mother's favourite sayings /
Morrison, Allan.
Besley.
Glasgow : Vital Spark,
c2002.
Allan Morrison has again scoured the hearts and minds of Scots at home and abroad to bring this hilarious compilation of sayings which reveal the inner workings of that most formidable of personalities ... your mother! Over 350 lies and 250 truths are here and when you utter them you should have a scowl on your face and a lump in your throat!
Part One: 'The Lies Ma Mother Telt Me!' -- 1 Lies To Make You Behave -- 2 Lies About Your Body -- 3 Lies About The Birds and Bees -- 4 Lies About Health -- 5 Lies About Spiritual Matters -- 6 Lies During The Teenage Years -- 7 Lies About Marriage -- 8 Lies About Discipline -- 9 Lies About The House -- 10 Lies About The Future -- 11 Lies About The Weather -- 12 Lies To Preserve Our Innocence -- 13 Lies About Lying -- 14 Lies About School -- 15 Reassuring Lies -- 16 Lies About Birth and Death -- 17 Optimistic Lies -- 18 Lies About Money -- 19 Lies About Food -- 20 Lies About Herself -- 21 Lies About Clothes -- 22 Lies About Pets -- 23 Lies About The Family -- 24 Lies About The 'Good Old Days' -- Part Two: 'The Truths Ma Mother Telt Me!' -- 25 Being Wary in Life -- 26 Being Sensible -- 27 Hygiene - Etiquette - Tidiness -- 28 When We Were Annoying Her -- 29 Keeping Us Out of Mischief -- 30 When She Was Proud of Us -- 31 Material Possessions -- 32 Making Our Way in Life -- 33 Around The House -- 34 Food -- 35 The Opposite Sex -- 36 Life in General -- 37 About Herself -- 38 Growing Up -- 39 Spirituality -- 40 School.
Allan Morrison has again scoured the hearts and minds of Scots at home and abroad to bring this hilarious compilation of sayings which reveal the inner workings of that most formidable of personalities ... your mother! Over 350 lies and 250 truths are here and when you utter them you should have a scowl on your face and a lump in your throat!
Aphorisms and apothegms.
Proverbs, Scottish.
Mothers