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I remember, when I was a child, between seventy and eighty years ago, being told that the stones could be successfully counted only by laying a loaf of bread beside each. To mark each stone by something to prevent one being missed or counted twice over seems natural ; but why a loaf of bread? [...] I think it probable that I had this from a nursery-maid who came from Mere in Wiltshire, and who had a taste for the marvellous.From volume 64 of Nature, Oct. 31st, 1901. |
Posted by Rhiannon27th September 2012ce |
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| Sounds like the nursery maid might have had a taste for bread, too. |
Posted by thesweetcheat27th September 2012ce |
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Now all I can think about is the most recent BBC2 bake-off episode. Sweet dough recipes mmm. I'd take some chelsea buns for counting. (no, let me preempt the pun. rock buns) |
Posted by Rhiannon 27th September 2012ce |
| Ha ha! No wonder all these stones are "countless", if someone eats the buns halfway through the count. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 27th September 2012ce |
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