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Carduelis carduelis - indoor games

1940, Toy
Carduelis carduelis - indoor games
Carduelis carduelis - indoor games
Carduelis carduelis - indoor games
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Item no
39831
Title
Carduelis carduelis - indoor games
Description
The following writing was inspired by wintry objects in the Museum of Childhood collections. The writers are part of 26, a group of writers with a love of words, who have invented a form of writing, called a sestude, consisting of 62 words.

'Carduelis carduelis'

''Birds in a nest don't fight!' she tells us brood
on a wet, dark, winter's afternoon.
Following nudges, punches, sulks,
she offers cards for snap, rummy, trumps.
'Happy Families?' she shuffles up Stitch the Tailor
but we continue beggaring our neighbour.
Then our squabbles ruffle feathers, the cards take fright
and like a charm of goldfinches flash off on their southward flight.'

By Linda Cracknell

Image: Cards games: Famous Five 1950s, Beg Your Neighbours 1950, Top Trumps Motorcycles 1980s, Pop Quiz 1980s, Biggles 1940s & Vacuation 1940s.
Date
1940
Type
Toy
Location
Museum of Childhood