N5 English Tally's Blood Quotes Flashcards
Massimo
“Listen, Rosie, I thought you went to Glasgow to buy yourself a new coat”
Massimo
“I’ve lived here since I was a wee boy. I went to school here, my brother was born here, my mammy’s buried here…I had two countries. Now I feel I’ve got nowhere”
Massimo
“So long as they leave you two alone”
Rosinella
“These Scotch girls they are all the same. They are all the same. They just go with you for one thing. Because your father’s got a shop and they think you’ve got money”
Rosinella
“What’s it got to do with us? We just live here. It’s no even our country”
Rosinella
“Italians are good for this country. Who else is prepared to work till eleven o’clock every night, eh?”
Lucia
“I can’t spend all day with one child. I’ve got all these other little children to see as well, you know. Little SCOTTISH boys and girls”
Lucia
“I just want to go to the wedding. One day. That’s all I’m asking”
Lucia
“Where do you think? Up a tree”
Hughie
“And I’m your ‘ginger brother’ “
Hughie
“Just a letter. I’ve had it a few days - I wasn’t sure when I’d see you”
Franco
“In Italy if you like someone, you buy them gold”
Franco
“There’s no going back now. I’m telling you, I’ve joined up”
Franco
“Franco will be marrying an Italian girl.”
Bridget
“My da’s driving me mad. Does nothing but talk about war”
Bridget
“First I lose my da, now you’re going away”
Bridget
“But it’s ME Franco loves”
Luigi
“Lucia, when you’re finished the clothes, you’ve to come up to the house. My wife’s going to teach you to clean a chicken”
Luigi
“I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t said, but he is quite ugly, right enough.”
Luigi
“(Shouts) She’s not going to Scozia. She’s not marrying any scozzese. She’s staying here.”
Mob
“Tally bastards”
Mob
“Come out and fight, you bastarding Tally”
Mob
“Get the bastard. Waste the place. Fascist pigs. Greasy Tallies.”
