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Origin of Will's Mum's
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What is the origin of 'It's grey over Will's Mum's' meaning 'The sky is very gray over there'. Variants are 'Will's Mother's', 'Bill's Mum's' .
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This saying or part of a saying seems to vary enormously wherever you live. In my family if anyone asked direction my Dad would say "It's over by Bill's mother's, down by the tram sheds". The same phrase would be used for distant grey clouds. I live in the south of the country and believe it's used in the north exactly the same way. It's just a bit of family nonsense that's handed down through the generations.