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2015/05/09 - 2:26pm

This is one gem of my mother’s that I still share today.  Usually, it’s in my role as a teacher.  
I just googled the phrase, assuming I would easily find its origins.  My mom was born in Pittsburgh, and is of German and Irish descent, so that’s the direction I expected to go.  There was one little voice in my head that said, “This could be something unique to Mom.”  (BTW: Mom is 87 and still living with Dad in the same Chula Vista home I grew up in since 1962.)
 
To my surprise, this was not a one-click research project. Since it doesn’t show up as a well-known phrase, a few clicks later I’ve decided to turn my quest over to you.
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2015/05/09 - 4:21pm

How about this Google search?

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2015/05/10 - 10:26am

Thanks so much, especially as this arrives to me on Mother's Day.  I had seen this link, but it was a dead end for me when I got to the commercial website.  I didn't think to just follow it on as an image search!  Happy Mother's Day to you.  June

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