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A long story or old wives' tale, that is, something a grandma would tell. Yiddish, from "bubba," "grandmother."
"I asked about the family, and she started in on a bubbameister about hospitals."
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non-pejorative: An old person's wisdom; folk wisdom; a cultural insight
In navigating sticky social situations, "One hand washes the other" is a bubbameister my mother often taught us.
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from "meister"--master or "denoting a person regarded as skilled or prominent in a specified area of activity"
addition to my previous submission on "bubbameister"
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