Hows your mother for sugar?.. ans- up to her arse in tea

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Heard in Louth

A traditional greeting. The reply indicates that one is grand.

Well, hows your mother for sugar?' reply...'up to her arse in tea

Posh English

How fares your mother for sucrose? Reply: Immersed to her posterior in tea.

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