<P> In the 1930s , a slang version rendered the saying as `` Mind your own beeswax '' . It is meant to soften the force of the retort . Folk etymology has it that this idiom was used in the colonial period when women would sit by the fireplace making wax candles together , though there are many other theories . </P>
<P> In the 1930s , a slang version rendered the saying as `` Mind your own beeswax '' . It is meant to soften the force of the retort . Folk etymology has it that this idiom was used in the colonial period when women would sit by the fireplace making wax candles together , though there are many other theories . </P>
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where did mind your own beeswax come from
In the 1930s , a slang version rendered the saying as `` Mind your own beeswax ''
In the 1930s , a slang version rendered the saying as `` Mind your own beeswax ''