Finest Kind and other Maine Sayings? (Hope: how much, store, eat)

[Abbymoulton]

My Hubby has a million old Maine sayings, of course most of them would have alot of blank spaces if I tried to post them here.

[countyboy]

"full up numb"

He's full up numb..........he'd have to to be bigger to be any number

When you are from Maine, you have the liberty to add or delete "R's" at any time you wish.

Hey Amandar, did ya make it to the top of Katahrdin?

"chimley"

You betta get that chimley cleaned befoah you have a fiah.

"give for it"

That's some handsome cow............whadya give for it?

"Jagetyurdeeryet"

It's almost Thanksgiving, jagetyurdeeryet?

"from away"

He don't know what your talkin' about, he's from away.

"feed em beans" (the heck with him)

He can't go huntin till noon? FEED'EM BEANS!!!

[tcrackly]

Originally Posted by deerislesmile

All stove up/ staved up.

this is my favorite. Hubby says it all the time.

[tcrackly]

Originally Posted by elston

I have been told that in the days of home deliveries, the placenta was buried in the back yard and an apple tree was planted over it. You could tell the number of children born in the house by the number of apple trees in the back yard.

Funny I thought this was a southern thing. I knew some Caribbean people that did it.

[tcrackly]

Originally Posted by Zymer

The Cherryfield Stretch is a fairly long, fairly straight stretch of Route 1 running easterly out of Cherryfield towards Machias.


" What's this about Cherryfield stretch?? Is that a long section with no sign of life?"


And no, there isn't much until you get to Harrington.

I always thought Columbia Falls was the first hint of civilization on that road north!

[tcrackly]

LOL. Got into this thread late, but I love this stuff!!!

[chaosX5]

OMG!!!!!!! I've got me some learnin' to do..............

[CoastalMaine]

Don't know if it's a Maine saying too or not, but on the Cape the locals on a hot summers day will still say, 'It's hotter'n a boars a** at fly time!'

[Kracer]

What depression?

[ProdigalLobster]

Fabulous thread!! My dad says "slicker'n a smelt", usually when demonstrating something that works well. I guess 'slick' usually has a negative connotation, but this expression wasn't used negatively, at least not by us. I can picture my dad teaching me how to split wood, saying "see that, slicker'n a smelt!" Which was his way of saying, basically, "like a hot knife through buttah". It got used for other things, but generally with the same idea.

I say it sometimes, then I have to explain what a smelt is, LOL. But of course, then I have to explain how they are so tasty fried in cornmeal. And then I'm stuck down here craving fried lil oily fish.