...and says she's paid off their mortage by saving her "butter & egg money"; what is "butter & egg money"?
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the Clampetts are in a fancy Beverly Hills jewelry store. Granny points to a tray of rubies.
Granny: "How much fer one o' them red diamonds?"
clerk: "Madam, those are rubies."
Granny: "OK ask her kin we buy one offa her."
clerk: " The ruby I am talking about is not a lady."
Granny: "Lissen, how she got them diamonds is her business. I'm just sayin' ask her kin we buy one from her."
I think she's using it as a euphemism for money she earned herself.
Traditionally, a farm wife would usually tend to feeding chickens and milking the cow. Any eggs and milk she gathered in excess of what the family needed could be sold for cash.
episode where Mrs. Potter writes to Hawkeye
