Originally Posted by buggalugs
Madquilter, ha'porth is a corruption of Halfpenny, a small sum of money if you were lets say mentally challenged :wink: you were a ha'porth short of a shilling :)
When Iwas a child and my Granny used to say 'daft ha'porth' to me, she'd drop the 'H' in good Yorkshire fashion, so i always thought it was 'apeth' ie, something to do with being a monkey! :D