Eggs For Breakfast...
Whilst looking through some old papers today I found a wonderful letter from one of my customers. She was busy making my quilt Eggs for Breakfast

and remembered that her grandfather used to say X for breakfast which is from an old Cockney alphabet.
A for ‘orses (hay for horses)
B for mutton (beef or mutton)
C for yourself (see for yourself)
D for ential (differential)
E for Adam (Eve or Adam)
F for scent (effervescent)
G for gotton (forgotten)
H for himself (each for himself)
I for E (ivory)
J for orange (jaffa orange)
K’s for doctor (case for doctor)
L for leather (hell for leather)
M for sis (emphasis)
N for lope (envelope)
O for the garden wall (over the garden wall)
P’s for dinner (peas for dinner)
Q for billiards (cue for billiards)
R for mo (half a mo)
S for you (its for you)
T for biting (teeth for biting)
U for me (you for me)
V for la France (viva la France)
W for the winnings (double you for the winnings)
X for breakfast (eggs for breakfast)
Y for husband (wife or husband)
Z for wind (zephyr wind)
I see in the picture of the quilt there is one of my beloved hens running in front of the quilt, I cant remember what type of hen she was, although I do remember that her eggs were wonderful. Do any of you know what type of hen she was?































