The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112155   Message #2372235
Posted By: Gurney
22-Jun-08 - 10:59 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Expression - a peck of dirt
Subject: RE: BS: Expression - a peck of dirt
That settles it, it is all over the English-speaking world.

Now, does it mean that you have to eat a peck of muck in your lifetime,
or that a peck of muck will only kill you if eaten at one sitting, so anything less is comparatively harmless.

A question that I pondered whilst sitting at my nan's kitchen table.

Another one. Why did nearly everything she cooked smell of onions?