Page 9 - IAV Digital Magazine #383

The only true FREE CLASSIFIEDS in the Antelope Valley... Where buyers and sellers meet!
OLD SAYING
Lessson
sTrIke WHILe THe
Iron Is HoT
This phrase comes from the days when black- smiths lifted iron objects from the furnace and hammered it. They could only hammer the object into shape while the iron was hot, before it cooled down.
sWan song
This comes from an old belief that swans, who are usually silent, burst into beautiful song when they are dying.
sWasHBuckLer
A buckle was a kind of small shield. Swash meant the noise caused by striking. Brash men struck their swords against their bucklers as they walked around town. So they became known as swashbuck- lers.
THe sTraIgHT and narroW This comes from Matthew 7:14. In the King James Bible pub- lished in 1611 Jesus says: 'Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth to life'. The old English word strait meant tight or nar-
row but when it went out of use the phrase changed to 'STRAIGHT and narrow'.
Take someBody under your WIng In Luke 12:34 Jesus laments that he wished to gather the people of Jerusalem as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings but Jerusalem was not willing
THorn In my sIde
This comes from the Bible. In 2 Corinthians 12:7 Paul states that he was given a 'thorn in my flesh' to prevent him becoming proud. We are not told what the 'thorn' was, perhaps it was some form of illness.
uP THe PoLe
The pole was a mast of a ship. Climbing it was dangerous and, not sur- prisingly, you had to be a bit crazy to go up there willingly. So if you were a bit mad you were up the pole.
a WoLF In sHeeP's cLoTHIng In Matthew 7:15 Jesus warned his followers of false prophets saying they were like 'wolves in
sheep's clothing' out- wardly disarming.
ToucH Wood In Celtic time’s people believed that benevolent spirits lived in trees. When in trouble people knocked on the tree and asked the spirits for help.
sWIngIng THe Lead
On board ships a lead weight was attached to a long rope. A knot was tied every six feet in the rope. The lead weight was swung then thrown overboard. When it sank to the seabed you count- ed the number of knots that disappeared and this told you how deep the sea was. Some sailors felt it was an easy job and 'swinging the lead' came to mean avoiding hard work. In time it came to mean feigning illness to avoid work.
sPInsTer
A Spinster is an unmar- ried woman. Originally a spinster was simply a woman who made her living by spinning wool on a spinning wheel. However it was so com- mon for single women to support themselves that way that by the 18th century 'spinster' was a synonym for a middle- aged unmarried woman.
seT your TeeTH on edge This is from Jeremiah 31:30 'Every man that eats the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge'.
Hutch 1920’s-30’s
3shelves, 5Drawers, 2Glass doors, no Scratches,
Xlnt condition Reduced! $300/obo 661-948-8924
Donuts, Muffins, Scones, Pastries, Cookies, Croissants, Bagels Gourmet Coffee 4654 E. Avenue S # C Palmdale (661)285-4471
sPudnuTs donuTs
Baked Fresh Daily
Donuts, Muffins, Scones, Pastries, Cookies, Croissants, Bagels Gourmet Coffee 2311 Avenue S #F5 Palmdale (661)265-1888
FURniTURE
Coffee table w/ smoky glass, oak $60 • 794-8522387
Rocking chair $50 • 794- 8522387
Entertainment ctr, holds 37” tv $50 • 794-8522387
Antique rocking chair, mahogany, claw feet, good cond • 722-6785387
Formal entertainment ctr, glass door, dark wood, lights, glass shelves $200 • 722-6785387
Queen bed w/ dresser & night stands $125 • 945- 9613387
Queen bed $100 • 945- 9613387
Full Postrupedic mattress, xlnt cond $90 • 579-0369- Call bet 1pm-7pm387
Dining table w/ 4 chairs, good cond $100 • 579-0369
2896386
Queen mattress • 350- 2896386
2) Living room sets • 350- 2896386
Nice & large Birch coffee table, 2 doors, like new $49 • 946-2783385
Metal frame bar stool. Solid & sturdy. One only. Could use a paint job $20 • 272- 9273 bet 8:30am-8:30pm385
Dining table w/ leaf & 4 chairs, good cond $60 • 265-8178382
Round oak kitchen table
$50 • 916-0234 382
Tiled top kitchen table, white $60 • 266-1947382
King mattress & box spring, good cond $125ea • 266- 1947382
Coffee table, stained glass $60 • 266-1947382
Large Birch coffee table, like new $49 • 946-2783382
Maternity glider/swivel/ rocker $73. For pregnant or
- Call bet 1pm-7pm
387
2 Large very beautiful mir- rors, 18”x60”, good antique
frame • 274-4144 Dresser w/ mirror • 350-
387
ANTELOPE VALLEY FREE CLASSIFIEDS
661-266-4-ADS
9