30 Things You Can Be Guaranteed Your Irish Mammy Has Said...

Mammies are best, they really are. The one-liners crack us up every single day. Here are some of the things you can be guaranteed your Irish mammy said back in the day, how many can you knock off the list?

Mammies are best, they really are. The one-liners crack us up every single day. Here are some of the things you can be guaranteed your Irish mammy said back in the day, how many can you knock off the list?
  • Honest ta God you'll be the death of me.
  • Do you think I'm made of money or something?
  • Where you born in a barn?
  • Am I talking to a brick wall?
  • You're going to sit there until you've eaten every last mouthful!
  • You better pray that will come out of the carpet!
  • If you fall and hurt yourself, I'm not bringing you the hospital!
  • Because I said so, that's why!
  • Over my dead body!
  • Do you think I'm made of money or something?
  • I'll put that smile on the other side of your face!
  • Make sure you have clean underwear on just in case you end up in an accident!
  • Well, she didn't lick it from a stone.
  • Who died and made you boss?
  • If you stick your tongue out again I'll cut it off.
  • Would you look at this room! It looks like an absolute pigsty!
  • You had better wipe that smile off your face before I do it for you!
  • 1. Did you turn off the immersion?
  • If you don't stop crying, I'll give you something to cry about!
  • You know I have eyes in the back of my head.
  • You'd forget your head if it wasn't screwed on.
  • Would you ever turn down that racket?
  • Well, would ya look what the cat dragged in?
  • If Sarah told you to put her hand in a fire, would you? No, didn't think so.
  • What's for you won't pass you by.
  • Just wait until your father gets home.
  • If you're too sick to go to school, you're too sick to play outside.
  • A little birdy told me...
  • I'll wash your mouth out with soap.
  • Sit back from the telly or you'll get square eyes.
Written by Kellie Kearney staff writer at Family Friendly HQ who also blogs at www.mylittlebabog.com.

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Kellie Kearney is a Dublin mammy of five kids aged newborn right up to nine. She loves coffee, cloth nappies, travel and sharing her every day true to life family moments on Instagram.

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