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 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:
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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 are part of the exterior decoration on the cup:, and sometimes they advertise tea leaf reading services.
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''Woulds’t learn thy future with thy tea?''<br>
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''This magic cup will show it thee''<br>
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— The Nelros Cup of Fortune, cup exterior.
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''Many curious things I see''<br>
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''While telling fortunes in your tea''<br>
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— Paragon Omens and Signs, cup exterior
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''Woulds’t thy fortune like to see?''<br>
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''Perchance this cup will show it thee''<br>
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— Jon Anton Taltos Fortune Telling Cup, cup exterior
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''First, wish your heart's desire, then pour the golden tea''<br>
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''Find your fortune in the cup, your happiness to be''<br>
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— S. E. M. Putnam, Learn How to Tell Tea Cup Fortunes, 1938.
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''A cup of tea for you and me''<br>
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''Is restful-like as it can be''<br>
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— The Muriel Method of Tea-Leaf Reading, Detroit, MI.
''The Gypsy from the leaves of Tea''<br>
''The Gypsy from the leaves of Tea''<br>
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''Your fortune in the grounds of tea ''<br>
''Your fortune in the grounds of tea ''<br>
— Advertisement for the Egyptian Tea Room, Kansas City, MO,
— Advertisement for the Egyptian Tea Room, Kansas City, MO,
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''A cup of tea for you and me''<br>
 
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''Is restful-like as it can be''<br>
 
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— 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>
 
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''Find your fortune in the cup, your happiness to be''<br>
 
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— S. E. M. Putnam, Learn How to Tell Tea Cup Fortunes, 1938.
 
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''Woulds’t learn thy future with thy tea?''<br>
 
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''This magic cup will show it thee''<br>
 
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— The Nelros Cup of Fortune, cup exterior.
 
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''Many curious things I see''<br>
 
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''While telling fortunes in your tea''<br>
 
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— Paragon Omens and Signs, cup exterior
 
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''Woulds’t thou thy fortune like to see?''<br>
 
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''Perchance this cup will show it thee''<br>
 
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— Jon Anton Taltos Fortune Telling Cup, cup exterior
 

Revision as of 06:14, 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 are part of the exterior decoration on the cup:, and sometimes they advertise tea leaf reading services.

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 thy fortune like to see?
Perchance this cup will show it thee
— Jon Anton Taltos Fortune Telling Cup, cup exterior

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.

A cup of tea for you and me
Is restful-like as it can be
— The Muriel Method of Tea-Leaf Reading, Detroit, MI.

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,

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