Mudcat Café message #1846062

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Thread #89170 Message #1846062
Posted By: GUEST,Anthony Cowen of Kingston=upon= Thames, Engl
29-Sep-06 - 12:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: teaching grandmother to suck eggs
Subject: RE: BS: teaching grandmother to suck eggs

The best explanation is that in olden times sucking eggs would be an impotant thing for an old lady to be able to do because, havung lost her teeth it was one of the few nourishments she would be able to take.