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Run around the table

Posted by Mary on February 07, 2006

question: An old saying of my Mom and grandmom's --when asking what's for supper? - -we always got the reply "run around the table", what's for dessert, "run around the other way"...any clues where this came from????????? Grandma came over from the old country---Ireland