The ‘rhymning’ is Cockney. It used to be identifyed by the dropped ‘h’. Nobody understand the Cockney anymore, but then I am from the US. We don’t understand anybody.
One year (several decades ago) my mother made 7 fruitcakes, lovingly poured rum over all 7 and placed them in the freezer, all except for one which she kept out for Christmas day. What was left was placed in the freezer. The following year 6 cakes plus the remainder of the previous year’s cake was removed and she lovingly poured rum over all cakes. This continued until all 7 cakes had been eaten over the years. Except for the last little sliver of cake. No one dared to finish it off.
Another little Christmas cake story. Since fruitcake was a no-no word, my daughter did some research and found the “Jamaican Christmas Cake”. Now that is a fruitcake I look forward to every year. Takes anywhere from 6 months to a couple of weeks to fix. The earlier before Christmas to start on the cake the better the cake is.
I just figured it out….eleventy-seven is 117 (11-7), lol