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gearce
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Here's a short poem which I found in a newspaper some years ago ...... It's somewhat yellowed over the years, but it is still readable.
Edited by - gearce on 5/08/2009 10:30
LANG MEY YER LUM REEK
There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all 
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Bradders
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Posted - 12/08/2009 : 21:49
Hello Tizer....Not being picky..honestly
Tutberry in the rhyme is Tutbury....a lovely place not far away from us here in Derby.
I haven't seen the complete version before , but that line about Two Toads is often quoted round here !!
I will ask our local historian Max Craven about it's origins , next time I see him .
(as Tutbury is the only place name)
PS Where did Mrs T's Dad come from.....?
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Posted - 12/08/2009 : 22:06
Tell you what , Stanley.........It rained so bloody hard in the Lakes last week , I thought it was going to take the ****ing paint off the car, never mind the muck.
But you're right .......it was still filthy after the cloudburst(s)......
Please forgive poetic license !
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tripps
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Posted - 12/08/2009 : 22:39
Is the glass works still going in Tutbury? We used to stop there regularly when travelling up to Preston. Coca Cola in a cut glass tumbler! I have a cabinet full of glasses from them.
Tizer - Can we have the parkin recipe - bonfire night gets nearer.....
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gearce
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Posted - 13/08/2009 : 03:47
Tizer wrote
`One Old Ox'
I think there could be many variations on this theme ...... I remember this as a game we used to play as children at parties ...... The leader (usually an adult) began by reciting the first line, and each of the other players repeated it in turn ...... Then the leader added and recited a new line, again repeated by each of the other players in turn ...... Any player who made a mistake dropped out of the game and, as the numbers grew less, the lines had to be repeated more quickly, with no time for hesitation ...... A new line was added at the turn of each round, and a prize was awarded to the player who made no mistakes.
LANG MEY YER LUM REEK
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Posted - 13/08/2009 : 10:47
Gearce, thanks for that background. I've asked Mrs Tiz's father and he has no idea of its origins but it was a party piece of his father, which fits with your memories. Both father and grandfather were born in Manchester. Tripps, I'll post the parkin recipe.
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Posted - 13/08/2009 : 11:59
Tripps.....Sorry to say that I think Tutbury Glass has closed down...but will check again.
Were you referring to the factory just over the junction, at the top of the town.?.......I have a feellng that there might have been two firms doing cut glass........
I like coke in cut glass too ,but mostly with whiskey (yes I know it's a sin , but I allow myself one -ish!)
PS ....I just checked ,and Tutbury Crystal finally closed in 2007 , after an earlier move to Stoke ,in an attempt to modernise ,and capture new markets.......They blamed cheap imports, and the loss of their big contract to supply the Queens Award To Industry trophies.......sadly again to imported competition (that's disgraceful ! )
Edited by - Bradders on 13/08/2009 12:09:06 PM
Edited by - Bradders on 13/08/2009 11:46:18 PM
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Stanley
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Posted - 14/08/2009 : 06:54
Lots of parkin recipes on the web, here's one that's close to me mother's.
http://britishfood.about.com/od/recipeindex/r/yorksparkin.htm
Stanley Challenger Graham
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gearce
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Posted - 15/08/2009 : 02:28
Greedy Mary
Can be sung to the tune of Sing a Song of Sixpence
Mary Had a little lamb and then a little beef,
She then consumed some coleslaw with some chillis underneath,
And then some bread and butter and some pork chops served with thyme.
How strange to find such a greedy girl in an English Nursery Rhyme!
Anonymous
LANG MEY YER LUM REEK
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gearce
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Posted - 20/08/2009 : 10:24
THE CAMEL
For centuries in desert lands
The camel tramped the burning sands;
No other brute could stand the heat,
No other had well-padded feet.
But now he doesn't travel far.
The Arabs use a motor car.
Clara E. Randall
Source: Book 5 - Titled Best Loved Poems, in the series The Children's Hour published by Grolier 1969 Standard Book Number 7172-1350-1
Can't find any information on the poet.
LANG MEY YER LUM REEK
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Posted - 20/08/2009 : 20:01
While clearing old files today I found this, but I don't know where it originally came from.
NATURAL SELECTION
I am a gene of E. coli,
I'm not pleasant - anything but!
I need to ensure my survival
and I'll do that best in your gut.
Like all else in Nature, I'm callous,
my concern is for me, me alone,
we genes are supremely indifferent
to outcomes, except for our own.
I want to pass on through the ages,
I'll do it whatever the cost,
I'll see that no part of my coding
is ever distorted or lost.
My motives are purely impersonal,
I feel nothing towards my new host
I will rest for a while in the colon
of whoever will nurture me most.
I've no conscience, no passions, no morals,
I do just what my structures permit,
and if you accept me as your Bauplan,
you, too, will survive - if you're fit!
[Bauplan: from German for body plan and used in biology to describe the layout of an organism.]
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Flutterby
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Posted - 21/08/2009 : 11:45
Beg your parding Mrs Harding is my kitting in your garden?
Yes she is she ,s all alone , chewing on a mitting bone.
I used to recite this as a small child at family parties and people would laugh. My grandmother i think taught it to me.Does anyone know where its from?
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Tizer
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Posted - 21/08/2009 : 12:06
Flutter, there is some discussion and a longer version on this Yahoo page:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080527033234AA8OkmU
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belle
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Posted - 21/08/2009 : 12:12
Flutters my mum used to say 'Shocking Mrs Bocking, two legs in one stocking!" is that part of the same rhyme?
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Flutterby
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Posted - 21/08/2009 : 22:59
I only know the bit that i wrote down Belle, Tizer I will check the link later. Thanks both. |
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Posted - 21/08/2009 : 23:19
Just checked the link Tizer, What a pleasant suprise! Now I can finish the musical hall rhyme. Would love to know who used to say this and how old it was?
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