Category:Poetry on Cups and Saucers
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| - | + | The English cultural heritage of reciting enchantments — sorcery in the form of a specific style of sing-song rhymed couplet — is found on both sides of the Atlantic, in the form of tea cup and tea leaf poetry: | |
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| + | Sometimes the poems advertised tea leaf reading services: | ||
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| + | ''The Gypsy from the leaves of tea<br> | ||
| + | Will tell what was and is to be<br>'' | ||
| + | — Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop | ||
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| + | ''Your Fortune free<br> | ||
| + | From leaves of tea<br>'' | ||
| + | — Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop, Pittsburgh, PA. | ||
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| + | And sometimes they were part of the exterior decoration on the cup: | ||
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| + | ''Woulds’t learn thy future with thy tea<br> | ||
| + | This magic cup will show it thee<br>'' | ||
| + | — The Nelros Cup of Fortune, cup exterior | ||
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| + | ''Many curious things I see<br> | ||
| + | While telling fortunes in your tea<br>'' | ||
| + | — Paragon Omens and Signs cup exterior | ||
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| + | ''Woulds’t tell thy fortune like to see?<br> | ||
| + | Perchance this cup will show it thee<br>'' | ||
| + | — Jon Anton Taltos cup exterior | ||
Revision as of 08:49, 6 August 2020
The English cultural heritage of reciting enchantments — sorcery in the form of a specific style of sing-song rhymed couplet — is found on both sides of the Atlantic, in the form of tea cup and tea leaf poetry:
Sometimes the poems advertised tea leaf reading services:
The Gypsy from the leaves of tea
Will tell what was and is to be
— Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop
Your Fortune free
From leaves of tea
— Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop, Pittsburgh, PA.
And sometimes they were part of the exterior decoration on the cup:
Woulds’t learn thy future with thy tea
This magic cup will show it thee
— The Nelros Cup of Fortune, cup exterior
Many curious things I see
While telling fortunes in your tea
— Paragon Omens and Signs cup exterior
Woulds’t tell thy fortune like to see?
Perchance this cup will show it thee
— Jon Anton Taltos cup exterior
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