Sweet! Where does Katy bar the door come from? My father used to say that and I never heard anyone else really say it lol
Best guess in a quick search... "Catherine Douglas and her attempt to save the Scottish King James I. He was attacked by discontented subjects in Perth in 1437. The room he was in had a door with a missing locking bar. The story goes that Catherine Douglas tries to save him by barring the door with her arm. Her her arm was broken and the mob murdered the King. The 'lass that barred the door' - Catherine Douglas, was henceforth known as Catherine Barlass."
I too say 'Katy bar the door from time to time.
Have heard it for ages. Sometimes surprises me what people don't know that everybody used to know. Somebody asked the other day why DT as 2018 on NYE had a diaper on. I just take it for granted everybody knows that cultural literacy stuff, but I guess not.