rule of thumb = you could beat your wife with a stick as long as it was no thicker than your thumb

13 unlucky for some = a hang mans rope has 13 hoops in the knot

mind your p's and q's = beer was sold in pints and quarts,so mind what you served

a brass= prostitutes wore a brass ring

third light was unlucky= in the trenches if you lit a match the enermy would aim (first light) set (second light) fire (third light)

daylight robbery = you use to pay tax on the amount of windows you had

slang = secret language,used on markets so the police wouldn't know what you were saying.

fat bastard = some one who is fat and a bastard

never knew the daylight robbery one, just reading about it there, been a tight cunt i'd of been one of the ones who bricked all their windows up.