Gerbie

Jus a "hair more" - I have always thought it strange when making candy or some icing, that you need the cooking syrup to spin a thread or form a ball in cold water. Just a bit or just a tad more, a split second or a mite more. Different cultures and different areas have different sayings for things, time and amounts.

chris_quilts

How about "it's over yonder?" Yonder is very subjective and could mean in the next room or the next state, etc. My grandmother always said when we asked how much farther that it was just a hop skip and a jump away.
Fixing to leave soon - my father's phrase meant between 5 minutes and an hour we'd be leaving.

Sew Freak

I couldn't agree more....LOL!!!!

barny

At our house we laugh and say "dreckly" or directly. 2 different times to leave.ha

TacoMama

Love this! I would love to find the measurements for these.

madamekelly

The measurement that always made me smile when I lived in Texas was "Q- How far is it? A-About three hours." They measure distance by how long it takes to get there!

RuthiesRetreat3

No one mentioned "a handful". That's how mom taught me to bake, measuring sugar, flour, etc. My handful was a lot smaller than her handful. And a handful was much larger than a "palmful".

Mariposa

am leaving "pretty soon"-could mean 5 minutes, or an hour- ?

be "right there"-

"almost done"-

add a little skootch- just a bit more, a pinch or a dash, etc.

I also have some of those little measuring spoons of "dash, pinch, etc. I think I can still find them too~

lynnie

"it's a good mile", was further than a regular mile
or a good hour, meant more than 60 minutes but less than a hour and 15 minutes.

lynnie

I got those measuring spoons at Michaels about 8 yrs ago. still have a set someplace.
it would take me a good hour to search them out.