where did the saying "dawn breaks over marble head" come from?

The question was the origin/meaning of the term "Dawn breaks over Marblehead." The rough translation is "Duh. Now I understand."

Marblehead is a seacoast community somewhat to the north and east of Boston, a nice area full of expensive homes. It -is- to the east of most of us that live in this area, in the general direction of sunrise.

Normal pronunciation is MAR-ble-head.

At that moment when something dawns on you, that simple fact of life that's been more than obvious to those around you, you change the pronunciation of the town name to the last sylable and say:

"Dawn breaks over MarbleHEAD."

I find that I'm able to use this expression quite often.

I've heard a number of people in the area use it, so I'm guessing that the expression has been around for a few years. I've never heard it used in areas outside of the metro Boston area.

Light Dawns On Marblehead

Its a sarcastic way of saying that you finally get it (a joke, or whatever). There is a town in Eastern Massachusetts named Marblehead where the dawn breaks over the Atlantic. Someone long ago realized that you could use the phrase to tease someone dumb (a marble-head).

I ve heard this once in my life. My first grade teacher said it to me after she explained something and I had that "Ahhhhh." look on my face. I thought it was funny. She was nice and funny and couldn t resist. I just thought of it today wanted to see where it came from. (I m from New Hampshire originally.) Thanks.