Meaning Of "see You On The Ice" ?

[planeloco]

I have always been interested in sayings from different parts of the UK (& beyond!).
When I was a very young man back in the late 50s / 60s, born & bred in the South End of Liverpool, when I was going out somewhere my father would always say "SEE YOU ON THE ICE".
I had forgotten about this until last week when a neighbour said exactly the same thing to me ! I asked her if she had any idea where this originated from BUT she said that her father would say it to her each time she went out when she was a very young lady.
Now this lady is in her 80s so we are really going back in time here.
Please can anybody cast any light on this saying ?
Both the lady & I originate from North West England if this possibly givers a pointer.

[boxtops]

I've never heard the expresssion so I googled - It says here

we bid each other farewell in the typical Fenland valediction "see you on the ice", which means: we may not meet for a long while, but be assured that eventually we will.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/apr/04/ice-skating-fens-cambridgeshire

[Mamyalynne]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_does_the_proverb_See_you_on_the_ice_originate_from

[Sharingan]

Soemone on this thread says it derives from the Warrington Fish Market, but I've never heard it pesonally from anyone.
http://www.sthelens-connect.net/forums/topic/55004-sayings-from-your-parents/

[planeloco]

Thank You ALL for your feed-back with this one.
Seeing as I have started I will add another for us to conjur with.
When I was a little lad & i did something silly my father (born in Liverpool) would say, (quote) "ACT DAFT & I WILL BUY YOU A COAL YARD". I have asked so many people from all over the UK during my lifetime & I have YET to find ANYBODY who has heard this before , How about YOU ??

[boxtops]

Found here..

http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=115615.0

Act soft, la, and I'll buy yer a coalyard: wise up, or take the consequences

[Iluvspikey]

I love this sort of thing, sorry I can't help as I've never heard of either saying before, but what prompted me to answer was I did hear somebody once say 'Act stupid and I'll buy you a pub' - I can only think that one time even during a recession pubs were aways in business - the person who said this was from Lancashire.

[DaisyNonna]

Why did my granny refer to a boyfriend she did not approve of as Jabus?

[Daisyddu]

Jabez is a Hebrew name meaning "man of sorrows"!

My late father, a Scot, and late mother from Birmingham both used the phrase, "See you on the ice in the fishmarket." As you can guess they lived in Warrington. I always assumed that, if it meant anything beyond see you later, it meant you looked like a dead fish!

[pennypol]

It means see you when we're both dead in the mortuary - probably from the second world war. It relates to the blocks of ice used in earlier days to keep the bodies fresh. My Mum used it all the time and I heard it for the first time since 1977 on the telly yesterday. It think it was 24 hours in A & E!! Penny

[Woody142]

My late Dad used to say it all the time, when he or we were saying goodbye to relatives, the phrase was even used in his obituary. The nearest explanation was that because being able to go on the ice was a seasonal thing just once a year, it indicated it could be a while before seeing them again.

[HelenHatesPeas]

I just Googled this to see if there was any reference to it online. I remember my Mum's uncle saying it to me and my brother when we were leaving his house after a visit. I never knew what it meant or what the origins were, but this was in Bolton in North West England. Some interesting interpretations here though :) XX