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Have a look at this - it is a previous answer and gives a latin phrase "mihi beata mater" as the origin.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoYCFAftVa7gX2Mhirmi8qVJBgx.?qid=20070518115703AAxyEmk

2007-06-25 22:38:18 · answer #1 · answered by LadyOok 3 · 0 0

There seems to be a possiblity here:

http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/b/betty-martin.html

And a discussion here:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-all3.htm

Of course, as we go further back in history, things get a bit murky, and other explanations arise.

2007-06-27 05:57:50 · answer #2 · answered by Insanity 5 · 0 0

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