sayings used by a British great-grandmother

0 It looks like a nonsense rhyme, taking off the sounds of Romany.0-

0I suggest the originator of the question about Vosh Rikki Dosh interrogate, google, the Comic Strip "Smokey Stover". Billl Holman drew the strip from 1935 to 1973. The two wheeled fire wagon, and "notary Sojac" appeared in every strip that I recall. Always, also, were two small figures in one of the panels talking to each other. The one, "Vosh Rikki Dosh", followed by the answer, "Farno, Farno.

Actually, this saying was in the comic strip called "Bringing up Father" with the characters of Maggi and Jiggs.

In the background, one portrait picture on the wall would say to the other picture "vosh rikki dosh" and the other portrait pictue would reply "farno farno."

0Oh, my gosh-01del00my dad used that saying for years and nobody knew what it meant including him02del00-if you ever find out-01del00I would love to know02del00-we thought he made it up!! He was born in Scottland and moved here to the States when he was 3~~0-

0I would love to know that too-01del00my dad said it for years02del00-even he didn't know what it meant-01del00he was born in Scotland, but moved to the US when he was three02del00-please let me in on it if you find out.0-

0"vosh rikki dosh, farno, farno" may have come from John Colliers Fancies and Gooodnights. I use the expression myself, but don't know ( or remember ) the meaning or origin.0-

0 I also remember this saying from the comic strip "Bringing Up Father."  0-

The wall hangings in Mutt & Jeff cartoons-one would say "vosh riccki dosh" and the other replied " farno farno"

I recall seeing these words in a comic strip in a South African newspaper in the fifties. There were two framed pictures on the wall with a character in each - one said 'vosh rikki dosh?' and the other responded 'farno farno'. The meaning?? Not a clue!