Two Can Keep A Secret

Ep. 127: Sweet Fanny Adams


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Have you ever heard the phrase "Sweet Fanny Adams"? For our US friends, probably not, but those across the pond may have heard it a time or two. Sweet Fanny Adams or Sweet FA... but, where did this phrase come from? Who is Fanny Adams and how did her name become associated with such a colloquialism? Listen along as Pam tells you all about the horrific murder of little Fanny Adams and how her name has been used to describe "nothing" for the last 160 years!


Sources:
The Crime Wire
Hampshire Culture
Phrases.org
Wikipedia - Fanny Adams

Music: Big Foot by Gvidon on Pixabay (Go check it out!)

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