Ok, let's settle this once and for all.

Worms'll eat thee up.

Ah no, sorry that's if you go out without a hat.

I thought this was going to be a final and binding decision that cream first is correct.

It's not the cough that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in...

Baby robin. 

How cold? You can certainly freeze to death.

But no, colds are viruses, you need a means of transmission, and the presence of the virus itself, rather than just being a bit chilly.

Being cold (bodily) can affect your chances of catching a respiratory infection as it reduces the immune response.  It being generally cold outside, less so.  So long as you're warm enough without a coat it will make little to no difference.  

Ne'er cast a clout till May is out.

Is that may blossom (hawthorn) or the month, and is a clout a coat?

Is the coat blue or gold?

What if I wore my coat inside so failed to get the benefit when I went out, will I still catch my death?

Surely depends on whether you’re wearing a vest or not?

I don't think you can catch Death.  

Hard to get hold of him through those robes and that scythe is a bit of a risk. Even if it's just a nick the cross contamination risk ...

Boring answer,

You cannot catch a cold from being cold, it's a virus.  Being cold however may lower your immune response.

Posted by: Cougar

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You cannot catch a cold from being cold, it's a virus.  Being cold however may lower your immune response.

So, you might catch a cold because your immune response was lower from being cold, but you didn't catch that cold from being cold. Except that you did catch that cold because the cause of catching that cold was being cold.

Posted by: Thepurist

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I thought this was going to be a final and binding decision that cream first is incorrect.

Fixed that for you, @Thepurist. 😉 

A pie is encased in pastry so can be held. NOT a casserole with a pasty hat. 

Only exceptions are fish, cottage or shepard’s

Posted by: Tom Howard

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A pie is encased in pastry so can be held. NOT a casserole with a pasty hat. 

Only exceptions are fish, cottage or shepard’s

Pumpkin? Lemon meringue? Mississippi mud?

Posted by: garage-dweller

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I don't think you can catch Death.  

Hard to get hold of him through those robes and that scythe is a bit of a risk. Even if it's just a nick the cross contamination risk ...

Posted by: boxelder

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Posted by: Tom Howard

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A pie is encased in pastry so can be held. NOT a casserole with a pasty hat. 

Only exceptions are fish, cottage or shepard’s

 

Pumpkin? Lemon meringue? Mississippi mud?

 

I’m prepared to concede that pies can be open topped. As long as they have a pastry bottom & side

Posted by: Tom Howard

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I’m prepared to concede that pies can be open topped. As long as they have a pastry bottom & side

No, this is wrong.

Things like "Shepherd's Pie" is the proper name of the dish.  Beef Wellington isn't served in a boot.

I’m prepared to concede that pies can be open topped. As long as they have a pastry bottom & side

Flan, I believe, is the required word here 😉

(Have we wandered off the original topic, by any chance?)

Posted by: thelawman

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Have we wandered off the original topic, by any chance?

Not really because if I order a pie of the sort that should be fully enclosed in pastry and I receive one that is two thirds enclosed by earthenware then the "chef" responsible should be sent out in the cold without a coat to succumb to whatever fate awaits them.

Posted by: Thepurist

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Not really because if I order a pie of the sort that should be fully enclosed in pastry and I receive one that is two thirds enclosed by earthenware then the "chef" responsible should be sent out in the cold without a coat to succumb to whatever fate awaits them.

Butchers steak pie ?

Traditionally just a lid over a foil container, containing large chunks of real meat in a tasty gravy.

Posted by: dyna-ti

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Traditionally just a lid over a foil container, containing large chunks of real meat in a tasty gravy.

So it's not

Posted by: Thepurist

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a pie of the sort that should be fully enclosed in pastry

And the butcher (or baker?) is spared.

Hmmm... I've been wondering whether the bird in hand : bird in bush relationship is directly proportional (ie - one in hand = two in bush, two in hand = four in bush) or is there a logarithmic relationship? And if so what would be the logarithm be? Are six birds in (a very large) hand worth 30 birds in bush(es).

And for that matter, how many birds does one bush hold?

Then that leads me to wonder how many bushes (or hands) worth of birds does it take to make a pie with four and twenty birds baked therein?

Granny always said, you’ll catch a chill if put in the wet and cold. Which has actually happened to me.

However had I had a steaming hot pie To hand and eaten it quickly, this may have staved off the cold and kept the chill at bay. See, pies are healthy. 

 is a clout a coat?

No a clout is a cloth but  in this case it means any item of clothing

And it means don't take any clothing off till May is past.

A pie should always be completely enclosed in pastry 

Posted by: Kayak23

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If you go out without a coat, and it's cold, can you catch your death?

If you’re in a dodgy part of Newcastle in the early hours, it’s certainly possible. Just not via a virus.