Posted by Elizabeth on November 27, 2006 at 20:00:40 from 71.236.185.241 user Elizabeth.
In Reply to: Re: coals to.. was'Teach Your Grandmother' posted by Mike Dennis on November 26, 2006 at 10:23:13:
My "A.P.", who grew up in the southeastern U.S., recalls her grandparents using the phrase "Teach your grandmother", with a smile. Mom remembers the complete phrase (think eggs) deriving from an older phrase, "teaching a hound to suck eggs". (Never put hounds and chicken together!) Her grandparents are all of Scottish ancestry--perhaps the saying got to the U.S. via the Scotland-Nova Scotia link.