Help with a sweet memory

[Barry Hill]

My g-grandmother was sweet tender soul from Sweden.  She died when I was only six so my memories are few but I remember her rough hands and big smile and how she would often smile and pres hir fingers to my lips to say what my grandmother said was shut your mouth. It sounded something like holla shafton.
 
Can anyone tell me exactly what that might have been and if the translation is correct because I try to use it on my grand children ?
 
Thanks
 
Barry

[Linda Kvist]

Hi,
 
Sounds like she said håll käften and your grandmothers translation is correct. It is not the nicest way to ask someone to be quiet  
 
Linda

[Christina Helmby]

Like shut up!

[Bibi Gustafson]

Barry,
At the same time your g-gm softened the expression by putting her fingers to your lips. This is just as often followed by schhh or the words be quiet.  
Bibi

[Ann Little]

An accurate translation would be the much cruder 'keep your gob shut'.
 
Ann

[Barry Hill]

Yes Bibi, I do recall also shush your mouth .
 
With g-grandma Carlsson it was always said almost like a tease or playing with you and she would smile or laugh almost like she was telling a joke.  
 
Thanks for the responses.
 
Barry

[Barry Hill]

Well, I talked to my older sister last night about the astounding progress I have made thanks to the work of people here.  She corrected me that g-grandma alway said shush.  That it was my uncles that said  hall kaftan to each other.  She also reminded me that our g-grandma used to say (if I can spell the sound) Oy Oy Oy when she was tired.  I have no clue if that was a word or just her own little sound.  
 
Barry

[Anna-Carin Betzén]

Yes, it's a word; spelled oj in Swedish. My dictionary suggests the translation [oh], dear me!
 
It's also used as an exclamation of surprise, by the way.
 
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[Thomas Vikander]

Also, Wow!, an interjection works here.

[Ann-Mari Bäckman]

I am also thinking about hå hå ja ja, now it is time to go to bed

[Bibi Gustafson]

Barry - I use oj-oj-oj myself when I'm tired from working outside, having cleaned the whole house etc. Not necessarily when it's time to go to bed. In English I would say oh my to express the same feeling. Where in Sweden did your g-grandma come from?
 
Bibi

[Barry Hill]

Bibi, she came from Slota, Skaraborgs.
 
It was definitely jo, jo, jo , because it was always with a sigh and sitting down in a chair.  She was a hard worker but remember that she was in her 80's when I came along.