Originally Posted by
Scissor Queen
When I was a little kid I'd ask my Gramma "doin' Gramma" and she'd tell me she was "making layovers to catch meddlers."
My mother's version was "layover for meddlers." I know I saw the phrase in a nineteenth century story somewhere. It said "lammers for meddlars." I've wondered where that came from all my life. When really aggravated by us kids she would yell,
"Hell's far! It wasn't until I was grown that I realized it was her WV panhandle pronunciation of "
Hell's fire!"