For the ladylike eating of oranges - see 'Cranford'. By the way, in my
childhood there was a belief that if one chose 'lemons' (rather than
'oranges') too much one would end up an old maid!
As for crumpets... well, in the colloquial singular, that might be a little
unlikely!
----- Original Message -----
From: Joanna Boulter <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 15 November 2001 16:30
Subject: Re: The Women who gave me Poetry
> Cucumber sandwiches are I believe traditional in these circumstances, but
> only if someone else (preferably a servant) makes them. Which would seem
to
> show that your proper lady would prefer not to dirty her hands with the
> realities of poetry.
>
> j
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: garydawg <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 3:45 PM
> Subject: Re: The Women who gave me Poetry
>
>
> > suppose the original title that's engendered this
> > discussion had been 'The Ladies Who Gave Me Poetry'. ...what sort of
> poems
> > would we
> > all have expected from that, I wonder?
> >
> > Tea and crumpets.
> >
> > Corsets and long sleeves.
> >
> > But surely not anything so messy as oranges.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > November with Janet from Oz at:
> http://gardawg.homestead.com/homestead.html,
> >
> > Submissions: http://www.writershood.com/index.html
> >
> > Poets for Peace. ˇPoemas sí, balas no!
>
>
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