Show how it started S by JEAN NEWTON CK ALL TALK AND NO CIDER F CEW 1 EW lingual quips are more tally rally american than this coni com of words which can very well be interpreted to mean a great deal of fuss with very little result fairly synonymous with it ft Is tile the phrase much cry ano and little ilette wood in both instances the idea conveyed being the same this americanism is said to have been inspired in bucks county pennsylvania tt it seems that certain politicians invited all the citizens of the coun ty to a so called elder party to the great creni disappointment and resentment of the population the gathering was entertained by longwinded speeches and mutual eulogizing among the speakers while the serving of refreshments was dispensed with it was one of those presents present who feeling that lie he had been brou brought to the meeting under false pretenses coined the lie phrase all tall talk and no elder cider S M mi 2931 bell survia |