A kirk or a mill....?

[Angela]

This random thought just popped into my head :eek: and it's annoying me now.

I remember -from when I was a wee girl in Caithness - often hearing the expression "you can make a kirk or a mill o' it!"

Does anybody know where that saying originates -or what it really means??? :confused

[angela5]

It means.... "the choice is yours".

[Angela]

It means.... "the choice is yours".

Thank you, angela5 :D I'd just not heard that expression in years!

I can get on with my evening now.....;)

[gollach]

This random thought just popped into my head and it's annoying me now.

I remember -from when I was a wee girl in Caithness - often hearing the expression "you can make a kirk or a mill o' it?"

Does anybody know where that saying originates -or what it really means???

Thanks, Angela. Not heard that for years, it used to be a favourite saying of my Granny's, normally when I wanted to do something that she didn't approve! ;)

[Angela]

it used to be a favourite saying of my Granny's, normally when I wanted to do something that she didn't approve!

That's how I remember it, gollach. I used to think it was all one word and wondered what a "kirkoramill" was and how exactly I could make it :roll: ....but imagined it had to mean something rather messy like a dog's dinner ....[lol]