Singing for your supper

 

Dear Friends

You’ve heard the expression, “Sing for your Supper”?  Well, at the rectory we are staying at, as I complete sabbatical and vacation supply for a friend, the dishes we use require us to sing for our meals three times a day! In case you can't read the words, they are

The Holly and the ivy when they are both full grown

Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown.

And sometimes, we end up singing more than once at each meal. These lyrics appear on the dinner plates, the salad plates, the soup bowls and the cereal bowls.

Of course, when the temperatures are in the high nineties, it’s kind of nice to be reminded of Christmas and cooler weather.

It makes you wonder about the news we heard a couple of days ago. I wonder what the "plate heard round the world" looked like. Below is someone's guess.

Well, I’ve got to go ketchup on washing the dishes and in Heinz-sight, I probably should wash the walls too. 

John