Like all good grannies, my Granny, Mabel Rutland (1892-1981) was a fount of knowledge and a repository of profund sayings. One of her favourites, and one very appropriate to the times in which we live was 'look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves'. That particular saying is, of course quite well known but she had some others I have not heard elsewhere. When she heard a particular piece of music that she did not like, she was apt to say 'It's enough to send the cows up the teddy field looking for mangles'. About a particular young lady of the village who was rather well known, shall we say, for having rather loose knicker elastic, she said ' for her one man isnt enough and forty five isnt too many'.
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In the days when vegetarians were rarely encountered, and vegans were unheard of, there were a fussy few who had odd eating habits and wouldn’t eat certain things. My Gran (and my Mother too) would scoff at them and say “T’ain’t nothin’ but ol’ crams!”
I’ve looked this up on the web but can’t find a definition of “crams” that makes any sense in this particular context. Anybody got any ideas ?
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