The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #127743   Message #2853164
Posted By: doc.tom
01-Mar-10 - 12:12 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Did folk use napkins, coasters or none?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Did folk use napkins, coasters or none?
A.J.Coles sent Jan Stewer up to dinner at the big house and Jan discovered why they cloth things was called serve-'ee-rights when he dropped one, bent over to pick'n up and by the time he got up again the waiter'd took away his zoup - serve-'ee-right, too!
TomB