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 | + | The English cultural heritage of reciting enchantments — sorcery in the form of a specific style of sing-song rhyme — persists in tea cup and tea leaf poetry: Sometimes the poems advertise tea leaf reading services, and sometimes they are part of the exterior decoration on the cup: |
| - | + | ''The Gypsy from the leaves of Tea''<br> | |
| - | + | ''Will tell what was and is to be''<br> | |
| - | ''The Gypsy from the leaves of | + | — Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop, New York City, NY. |
| - | ''Will tell what was and is to be''<br> | + | |
| - | — Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop | + | |
''Your Fortune free''<br> | ''Your Fortune free''<br> | ||
| - | ''From leaves of tea''<br> | + | ''From leaves of tea''<br> |
— Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop, Pittsburgh, PA. | — Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop, Pittsburgh, PA. | ||
| - | + | ''A dainty lunch, a cup of tea,''<br> | |
| + | ''Your future told, that you might see''<br> | ||
| + | ''Your fortune in the grounds of tea ''<br> | ||
| + | — Advertisement for the Egyptian Tea Room, Kansas City, MO, | ||
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| + | ''A cup of tea for you and me''<br> | ||
| + | ''Is restful-like as it can be''<br> | ||
| + | — The Muriel Method of Tea-Leaf Reading, Detroit, MI. | ||
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| + | ''First, wish your heart's desire, then pour the golden tea''<br> | ||
| + | ''Find your fortune in the cup, your happiness to be''<br> | ||
| + | — S. E. M. Putnam, Learn How to Tell Tea Cup Fortunes, 1938. | ||
| - | ''Woulds’t learn thy future with thy tea''<br> | + | ''Woulds’t learn thy future with thy tea?''<br> |
| - | ''This magic cup will show it thee''<br> | + | ''This magic cup will show it thee''<br> |
| - | — The Nelros Cup of Fortune, cup exterior | + | — The Nelros Cup of Fortune, cup exterior. |
''Many curious things I see''<br> | ''Many curious things I see''<br> | ||
| - | ''While telling fortunes in your tea''<br> | + | ''While telling fortunes in your tea''<br> |
| - | — Paragon Omens and Signs cup exterior | + | — Paragon Omens and Signs, cup exterior |
| - | ''Woulds’t | + | ''Woulds’t thou thy fortune like to see?''<br> |
| - | ''Perchance this cup will show it thee''<br> | + | ''Perchance this cup will show it thee''<br> |
| - | — Jon Anton Taltos cup exterior | + | — Jon Anton Taltos Fortune Telling Cup, cup exterior |
Revision as of 06:10, 13 August 2020
The English cultural heritage of reciting enchantments — sorcery in the form of a specific style of sing-song rhyme — persists in tea cup and tea leaf poetry: Sometimes the poems advertise tea leaf reading services, and sometimes they are part of the exterior decoration on the cup:
The Gypsy from the leaves of Tea
Will tell what was and is to be
— Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop, New York City, NY.
Your Fortune free
From leaves of tea
— Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop, Pittsburgh, PA.
A dainty lunch, a cup of tea,
Your future told, that you might see
Your fortune in the grounds of tea
— Advertisement for the Egyptian Tea Room, Kansas City, MO,
A cup of tea for you and me
Is restful-like as it can be
— The Muriel Method of Tea-Leaf Reading, Detroit, MI.
First, wish your heart's desire, then pour the golden tea
Find your fortune in the cup, your happiness to be
— S. E. M. Putnam, Learn How to Tell Tea Cup Fortunes, 1938.
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 thou thy fortune like to see?
Perchance this cup will show it thee
— Jon Anton Taltos Fortune Telling Cup, cup exterior
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