tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post6612750566341661753..comments2023-10-28T00:37:58.716-07:00Comments on Fiction by Mary Simonsen: Pearls of Wisdom from an Edwardian NurseryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-39405616753533303202010-08-29T02:44:57.162-07:002010-08-29T02:44:57.162-07:00"Up the wooden stairs to Bedfordshire" a..."Up the wooden stairs to Bedfordshire" and " Up the wooden hill and down sheet lane," <br /><br />They are versions of my phrase.<br /><br />"up the wooden hill" refers to the wooden staircase that leads to what we call the first floor at home.<br /><br />I should imagine the refernece to Befordshire is a play on words for people living in bedfordshire. Just refers to going to bed again.<br /><br />"Sheet lane," is getting inside your bedsheets.TONYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07767998391294014275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-7087091393819955782010-08-29T02:29:49.628-07:002010-08-29T02:29:49.628-07:00This book seems to be VERY interesting. It's g...This book seems to be VERY interesting. It's great someone tackled the typical childhood of an Edwardian child.Irena @ This Miss Loves to Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127816068294702715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-15316404672678529822010-08-28T10:59:35.100-07:002010-08-28T10:59:35.100-07:00Hi Vic, My parents grew up in a coal-mining town i...Hi Vic, My parents grew up in a coal-mining town in Pennsylvania, and they would receive a lump of coal in their stocking if they didn't behave. Small world.<br /><br />Hi Tony, The book also included "Up the wooden stairs to Bedfordshire" and " Up the wooden hill and down sheet lane," neither of which meant anything to me. Can you explain? <br /><br />"Sleep tight" was also in Colonial America where they would tighten the ropes that held the mattress. Rather disgusting, but that's the way it was. We were also told to eat carrots as it helped our eyesight. I know they fed RAF pilots carrots in WWII.<br /><br />Thanks guys!Mary Simonsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400923132711871703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-39180187288073114632010-08-28T10:32:14.586-07:002010-08-28T10:32:14.586-07:00On going to bed upstairs you were going,"up t...On going to bed upstairs you were going,"up the wooden hill."<br /><br /> "Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite." (That one came from the middle ages)<br /><br />"Eat up your carrots. They'll help you see in the dark."TONYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07767998391294014275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-24748223881430502692010-08-28T06:23:47.774-07:002010-08-28T06:23:47.774-07:00I lived in The Netherlands until I was nine, so th...I lived in The Netherlands until I was nine, so that English sayings were not part of my childhood. Cleanliness was important, as was finishing every morsel on our plates. The spectre of being a bad child and receiving a lump of coal in our wooden shoe from Swarte Piet on December 5th, when St. Nicholas made his rounds, always hung over me.Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com