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Mel
 Post subject: stepmother-blessin'
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:22 am 
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It's nobbut a stepmother-blessin.

I get lots of these!! Do you know what it is?

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Gloria
 Post subject: Re: stepmother-blessin'
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:30 am 
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I daren't ask :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: stepmother-blessin'
PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:39 pm 

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Could this be what we in Accrington used to call a 'stepmother's jag?' It was a piece of loose skin right next to a finger nail.

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 Post subject: Re: stepmother-blessin'
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:25 am 
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Certainly is Joan :D

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 Post subject: Re: stepmother-blessin'
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:51 pm 
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Godmother's blessing in our house.

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Keith Kelly
 Post subject: Re: stepmother-blessin'
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A step mothers blessing was/is the small tear along the skin of a finger nail, catchs on every thing it could. :(
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Gloria
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:10 pm 
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Keith, we call that the "quick".

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Keith Kelly
 Post subject: Re: stepmother-blessin'
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:D Always was a bit slow sorry about that
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