Saturday, 8 January 2011

Money bags


I have sixpence
Jolly, jolly sixpence;
I have sixpence
To last me all my life.

I have tuppence to lend
And, tuppence to spend
And, tuppence to take home to my wife.

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17 comments:

  1. LúciaJanuary 08, 2011 12:44 am

    So sweet!!!
    You made me smile with this post! ;-)
    Have a good weekend.

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  2. Luis GomezJanuary 08, 2011 1:13 am

    Really sweet!

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  3. Kay L. DaviesJanuary 08, 2011 4:00 am

    Perfect, Julie!
    -- K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  4. Joan ElizabethJanuary 08, 2011 7:03 am

    Now that's a different post. My sister gave her kids money boxes for Christmas that you have to smash to get to the money once it's full. Seems a shame for something pretty but does stop pilfering.

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  5. JulieJanuary 08, 2011 7:07 am

    'Twas either this post, or another I am working up about Fort Denison. I went with frivolity for once ...

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  6. DavineJanuary 08, 2011 8:18 am

    Hi Julie - Hope you had a great Christmas & New Year. Just catching up on some of you past posts. This little money box is so cute. I love your photos of Lamington Park, not sure I would get that close to the trap door spider hole though!! I especially liked the shots of the fungi.

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  7. PetrusJanuary 08, 2011 8:41 am

    Where's the tuppence for the tax man ?

    Times have changed since that poem was written ..

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  8. PeterJanuary 08, 2011 9:31 am

    for my two bob's worth, I hope there is a hole in the bottom to get the cash ou.

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  9. JulieJanuary 08, 2011 9:36 am

    I did not check that ... but I would hate to see it smashed to get out the measly coins!!

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  10. Leeds daily photoJanuary 08, 2011 10:17 am

    Lovely money box. Love the rhyme, we had a dog called tuppence when I was nobbut a lad.

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  11. JimJanuary 08, 2011 11:56 am

    Cute.

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  12. Chattahoochee Valley DailyJanuary 08, 2011 11:56 am

    Sweet little money bank.

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  13. Bob CroweJanuary 08, 2011 2:06 pm

    A bit of doggerel that obviously came before the day of personal financial planners.

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  14. diane bJanuary 08, 2011 4:14 pm

    I remember my mum singing that to me. Frivolity is good.

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  15. freefallingJanuary 08, 2011 9:36 pm

    I haven't heard that before.
    I'm glad I didn't live with old money - seems complicated (I mean apart from the 2+2+2=6 of the rhyme).
    Why is it 6"d"?
    And how many 6ds in a shilling?
    I don't even know what a shilling is.
    But it's a nice word.

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  16. brattcatJanuary 08, 2011 11:22 pm

    thanks for the smile.

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  17. VickiJanuary 09, 2011 7:34 pm

    So fabulous. I want one. :

    Love the poem, too.

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