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Author Topic: Some odd prints - anyone ever heard the rhymes before?  (Read 10898 times)
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« on: February 24, 2013, 04:50:41 PM »

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?

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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2013, 06:58:11 PM »
soz neil got me stumped Shocked.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
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2013, 07:39:57 PM »
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.

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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2013, 07:47:53 PM »
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. Wink
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2013, 09:15:18 PM »
yes but i'm sure Val is still very young now Geoff,
and this probably only happened yesterday. Grin
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2013, 09:55:13 PM »
Our Val is a hotty!  Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2013, 11:45:24 PM »
It's not polite to talk about a Girl when she's not there (or here)  Roll Eyes

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

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. Shocked  At least some things have changed for the better.

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p.s. I know they still use oil of cloves Geoff. I just haven't needed it for 40 years !!!!!!
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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2013, 12:54:22 AM »
see as I said, still a youngster  Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2013, 10:50:39 AM »
do they have a cure for your leg Neil Grin...................perhaps pretending to be a youngster is not a
 good start  Wink Cheesy
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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2013, 12:56:21 PM »
I can think of one Nobby. They use them on horses, called a knoble. Fits round the ankle and styops you running off. Shocked Roll Eyes Grin Grin

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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2013, 03:47:26 PM »
As long as that " knoble" only fits around your ankle. Either way it would
stop me running off  ouch !  Grin Grin
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2013, 03:51:57 PM »
Quote from: Chef  Geoff on February 25, 2013, 07:47:53 PM
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. Wink

Yes, my brother has used it in the last couple of years for tooth ache too.
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« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2013, 05:14:55 PM »
What a knoble ?
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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2013, 05:16:47 PM »
Anyway - back to the rhymes, has anyone heard them before?  Grin
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« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2015, 02:50:55 PM »
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.

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