10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDER A GOOSEBERRY BUSH»
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under a gooseberry bush in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
under a gooseberry bush and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of Euphemisms
... them company when they would rather be left alone. gooseberry bush obsolete
the place where new boy babies are found In former times boy babies were
explained to young siblings as having been found under a gooseberry bush ...
We were told a stork brought them, or they were found under a gooseberry bush.
I was not that silly; a stork was not strong enough, but a gooseberry bush that
could be the answer. So when we went to Auntie's place I asked her where the ...
3
An Eloquent Soldier: The Peninsular War Journals of ...
... the walls heard the noise, gave the alarm and soon the ramparts were manned
against an unfortunate wight' skulking under a gooseberry bush, who knew not
how to escape from his critical position without being pelted with musket bullets.
4
The Sandman: Stories to Read to Children
Stories to Read to Children Tom Condon. In the middle of the day they stopped
under a gooseberry bush and stretched their legs and ate their lunches. Some of
the bugs picked a few gooseberries and Pearl squeezed out the juice for Moe.
5
Marmite, Bites and Noisy Nights (in Zambia): Brian's World
For some unknown reason she had been explaining to Amy at the breakfast table
the now archaic expression of 'being born under a gooseberry bush', and all
Brian had done, on overhearing this, was to interrupt their exchange with the ...
His dad, also caught off-guard, followed the party-line, 'A stork brought me and
left me under a gooseberry bush.' Next, the boy approached his grandmother
with the same question. Thinking her grandson too young to learn the truth and, ...
7
My First, Last, and Everything: no data
Mum used to joke about the day I was born, saying she found me under a
gooseberry bush. I was never quite sure why she picked a gooseberry bush in
particular, but I have since used this saying myself. Until I was born, Mum kept
producing ...
I sneaked out of the barn and hid under a gooseberry bush; I'd noticed people
take cover under bushes many times before. Only the elderly remained in the
house to face interrogation. The soldiers were very agitated as they stormed the ...
9
The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
A gentleman writes that, last summer walking in a friend's garden; a very fine frog
leaped upon the path lie stood upon ; being an admirer of nature, he watched it
under a gooseberry bush, where there. happened to lay a large leaf of a tulip; the
...
10
New Plays from the Abbey Theatre: Vol. 3, 1999-2001
Where was she to look for me — under a gooseberry bush? ESTHER. Need a
right size of gooseberry bush to find you under it. RIMA. Maybe it was the one you
crawled out from? ESTHER. Did you really find me there, Mammy? RIMA. You're
...
Christopher Fitz-Simon, Sanford Sternlicht, Judy Friel, 2003
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDER A GOOSEBERRY BUSH»
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under a gooseberry bush is used in the context of the following news items.
Glorious gooseberry recipes for summer
It has always seemed to me that gooseberries are at their best in the wrong ... to be in, and you only tell a dupe that he was born under a gooseberry bush. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
QI: Quite Interesting facts about costermongers
''Gooseberry bush'' was 19th-century slang for pubic hair – hence the old saw: ''Born under a gooseberry bush.'' The French for gooseberry is groseille à ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 09»
Gardening: Great gooseberries
Playing gooseberry describes that extra person when two's company and three's a crowd. "Not being born under a gooseberry bush" seems to qualify one for ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 08»
