This is interesting as these are almost word for word lifted from 'The romance of the lace pillow' by Thomas Wright (publised by Ruth Bean)
It hasn't been proved that Katherine of Aragon has any link to actually making lace herself outside of folk lore - kat stich is said to be named after her (and others) she was known to be an excellent needle woman but there is no evidence for lacemaker. Twinkle, twinkle I thought was about Halley and his comet - I prefer the version out of Alice in Wonderland (or is it the looking glass) Twinkle, twinkle little bat, how I wonder what you're at, Up above us oh so high, Like a tea tray in the sky, Twinkle, twinkle little bat, how I wonder what you're at. However, there is alot of documented evidence that 'one two, buckly my shoe' is a lace tell - a song sung whilst making lace and each stage details a part of the lace makers day. Jace be nimble is quoted and explained in the 'Catten Cakes' book that was around a few years ago. I should go and get 'Romance of the lace pillow' out of my bookcase and write some more but I only had 4 hours sleep last night and I'm going to bed Liz Ilske und Peter Thomsen wrote: > Hello Everybody, > In a prospctus about Bedford Lacemaking they wrote: "In the early > years of > 16th century, Katharine of Aragon was imprisoned in Ampthill whilst > divorce > proceedings were taken against her by King Henry VII. It is believed that > she taught the villagers lacmaking." > And later:" Did you know that nursery rhymes such as- Jack be nimble > Jack be > quick- and -Twinkle twinkle little star- have their origins as lace tells > and were chanted to help the young lacemaker gain rhythm and speed." > Greetings from Hamburg in Germany > Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
