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Who was 'Mickey Dripping'?

ribtickleribtickle Posts: 6,361
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If I was naughty or cheeky as a lad I would be teasingly addressed as Mickey Dripping, but I never knew why.

I've just been trying to find out online what the origin of this name was, imagining an old Disney cartoon or wartime character, or even a postwar advert for cooking fat (dripping), but couldn't find anything so thought I'd ask here.

That is your task for the day - find Mickey Dripping.

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,753
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    ribtickle wrote: »
    If I was naughty or cheeky as a lad I would be teasingly addressed as Mickey Dripping, but I never knew why.

    I've just been trying to find out online what the origin of this name was, imagining an old Disney cartoon or wartime character, or even a postwar advert for cooking fat (dripping), but couldn't find anything so thought I'd ask here.

    That is your task for the day - find Mickey Dripping.

    I guess it's the male equivalent of Lizzie Dripping.
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    Margo ChanningMargo Channing Posts: 5,240
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    sounds like a really nasty STD
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    comedyfishcomedyfish Posts: 21,637
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    Truffle Cart wrote: »
    I guess it's the male equivalent of Lizzie Dripping.

    Fanny Dripping surely
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,753
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    Margo Channing wrote: »
    sounds like a really nasty STD

    lol, I thought that too but didn't want to spoil his childhood memory.
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    Margo ChanningMargo Channing Posts: 5,240
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    Truffle Cart wrote: »
    lol, I thought that too but didn't want to spoil his childhood memory.

    oh dear

    sorry OP :D
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    Phil OwensPhil Owens Posts: 6,989
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    My mum's aunty use to have an ornament of a little boy and they called that Mickey Dripping..
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    ribtickleribtickle Posts: 6,361
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    Margo Channing wrote: »
    oh dear

    sorry OP :D

    It's too late. I have this penned down for my next psychoanalysis session. When I'm told to lie down and tell all about my childhood I will burst into tears and state that people called me an STD. :cry:

    I'm holding on to hope that Mickey Dripping was a poor boy who ate nothing but bread & dripping. I used to like fried bread at breakfast too.
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    Babe RainbowBabe Rainbow Posts: 34,349
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    My dad used to call me bungle barrel when I was wee - I think a lot of the time, these pet names are just two words that sound good and funny together - Mickey Dripping probably never existed in any other way than that.
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    ribtickleribtickle Posts: 6,361
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    Babe Rainbow wrote: »
    My dad used to call me bungle barrel when I was wee - I think a lot of the time, these pet names are just two words that sound good and funny together - Mickey Dripping probably never existed in any other way than that.

    You may be right, he could be another Freddie Frog.

    On the other hand Gordon Bennett has a full history:

    http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/gordon-bennett.html

    As does Mickey Finn:

    http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/mickey-finn.html

    Ideally I'd like Mickey Dripping to be revealed as a character used in newspaper adverts for a cooking fat. A cheeky, greedy boy who ate all his Mum's pancakes. :)
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    Margo ChanningMargo Channing Posts: 5,240
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    ribtickle wrote: »
    It's too late. I have this penned down for my next psychoanalysis session. When I'm told to lie down and tell all about my childhood I will burst into tears and state that people called me an STD. :cry:

    I'm holding on to hope that Mickey Dripping was a poor boy who ate nothing but bread & dripping. I used to like fried bread at breakfast too.

    If it makes you feel any better i once went to school with a girl called Fanny Hopper
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,186
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    When I was little, sometimes My mother would call me Lizzie Dripping ... I never really thought about it... until now..
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 9,803
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    Are you called Michael?

    Read this elsewhere :
    For some reason, in the North of England during the post war periods, anyone called Michael immediataly acquired the nickname "Mickey Dripping", just as anyone with the surname Clark aquired the nickname "Nobby", and anyone with the surname White immediately became "Chalky".

    Probably nothing to do with Lizzie Dripping then as that was a 70's cartoon which would of come long after the Mickey Dripping name.
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    stressfree_manstressfree_man Posts: 2,201
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    I understood that it was a northern English term for the poor Irish during the late 1800's and early 1900's where they used dripping to smarten up their hair
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    butterworthbutterworth Posts: 17,884
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    Not sure how old everyone is, but in the 70s there was a children's TV show called Lizzie Dripping and the Witch
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    D_Mcd4D_Mcd4 Posts: 10,438
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    stressfree_man wrote: »
    I understood that it was a northern English term for the poor Irish during the late 1800's and early 1900's where they used dripping to smarten up their hair

    The OP is no longer a member here. Maybe him or his family has a poor Irish background.
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    JayDee279JayDee279 Posts: 3,089
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    jimmy7bellies wrote: »
    Probably nothing to do with Lizzie Dripping then as that was a 70's cartoon which would of come long after the Mickey Dripping name.
    I remember people referring to Lizzie Dripping in the 50s, so it would appear that the 70s cartoon used an existing name for the character.
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    swingalegswingaleg Posts: 103,303
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    Wonder if he was related to Soft Mick
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    St DabeocSt Dabeoc Posts: 3,936
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    I remember Lizzie Dripping

    wiki
    "Lizzie Dripping" is a slang term in the Nottingham area for a spunky girl who has difficulty distinguishing between fact and fiction :)

    and i've known some of them also
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    MesostimMesostim Posts: 52,864
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    JayDee279 wrote: »
    I remember people referring to Lizzie Dripping in the 50s, so it would appear that the 70s cartoon used an existing name for the character.

    it wasn;t a cartoon.. and is viewable on Youtube... and I tell you it was toddler horror...
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    dorydaryldorydaryl Posts: 15,927
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    Truffle Cart wrote: »
    I guess it's the male equivalent of Lizzie Dripping.

    That was my first thought too! (not the STD thing, LOL!)
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    Leicester_HunkLeicester_Hunk Posts: 18,316
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    Not related to Soft Mick is he?
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    muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    St Dabeoc wrote: »
    I remember Lizzie Dripping

    wiki
    "Lizzie Dripping" is a slang term in the Nottingham area for a spunky girl who has difficulty distinguishing between fact and fiction :)

    and i've known some of them also

    Nottingham's own Walter Mitty :D
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