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I recently acquired these two 1960's prints by Ronald Searle (he of the St Trinians and Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines sillustrations fame).  I didn't pay a lot and planned to move them on as Im not overly keen on them, but they are amusing.

However, I've gotten curious about the rhymes at the bottom of each one.  They are certainly a bit odd.  Can any one shed any light on them? Has anyone ever heard those rhymes before or has the artist made them up?

Cheers
Neil

soz neil got me stumped :o.why dont they put those magnificent men in their flying machines on at xmas anymore?used to laugh my plums off watching that as a youngster on the sherry

There is something quite nice about those paintings Neil. They aren't rhyms as such are they. They seem to be extracts from an Apothecarys book. They certainly had some weird ideas about cures in those days. Seems it was thought that tooth ache was thought to be caused by worms in the teeth. One cure was chewing on a clove. They thought it would kill the worm, which would then drop out.
Amazingly I can remember my Grand Mother always had a little bottle of oil of cloves in the medicine box for tooth ache.

Val

Your Grand mother? Val where have you been lol. oil of cloves is still the most effective remedy for toothache and dentists still use it. ;)

yes but i'm sure Val is still very young now Geoff,
and this probably only happened yesterday. ;D

Our Val is a hotty!  ;D ;D ;D

It's not polite to talk about a Girl when she's not there (or here)  ::)

When you get to my age everything seems like yesterday. Trouble is you can't remember yesterday. ;D
My poor old Gran died in 1967 so it's not really that long ago. :D

The cloves didn't work for her either. She had all her teeth pulled out when she was in her early 20's with no gas or needle in the arm. :o  At least some things have changed for the better.

Val

p.s. I know they still use oil of cloves Geoff. I just haven't needed it for 40 years !!!!!!

see as I said, still a youngster  ;D ;D ;D

do they have a cure for your leg Neil ;D...................perhaps pretending to be a youngster is not a
 good start  ;) :D

I can think of one Nobby. They use them on horses, called a knoble. Fits round the ankle and styops you running off. :o ::) ;D ;D

Val

As long as that " knoble" only fits around your ankle. Either way it would
stop me running off  ouch !  ;D ;D

Yes, my brother has used it in the last couple of years for tooth ache too.

What a knoble ?

Anyway - back to the rhymes, has anyone heard them before?  ;D

These will be heading for an online auction site this weekend.

Thought I would give first reserve thopugh to any DW members who may want them.

Drop me a PM if you are interested.

Cheers
Neil

not a clue but we have found out about oil of cloves , val has no teeth , cured your dodgy leg and dryland can run , so yes a great post mate  :D :D :D :D

Ha - very good Mike!

Thanks for that reminder Mike.  Now everyone knows.   ::)


Val

 ;D ;D

Think they're plates out of a book called take one toad .......its about old 17 century remedies.....looks a fun read

Please don,t worry Val
Your threecret is thafe with uth. ;D

Thanks for the reassurance b.buoy.  One of the worst days of my life, and I was only 27.  I went to have 2 out and when I woke up they'd all gone  :o

Still the up-side is I haven't had tooth ache for 42 years  ;D

Val

Ohhhhhhhhhh Val. Bless you cos you just gave your age away as well.
Not to worry. I still have the edge by 6 years ;) ;)