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As lucky as Jack Risby

Posted by Dick Parsons on June 17, 2009 at 09:37

My mother and her family used the phrase "as lucky as Jack Risby", usually in response to a green-eyed comment like "so-and-so has got a new bike". Any ideas as to the origin?

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