So it is/was

exp.

Heard in Derry

Term added at random by some after an explanation or after a story.

In use

The shovel's over there, 'so it is'. The last I saw it, it was in the bottom drawer, 'so it was'.

Posh English

The garden implement is over there, as a matter of fact. The last I observed it, it rested in the bottom drawer.