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Alice in Wonderland Day
Jul 4
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Today's Musings, History & Folklore
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax
Of cabbages and kings
And why the sea is boiling hot
And whether pigs have wings."
~ "The Walrus and the Carpenter," Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, 1865
This famous nonsense poem lives on in this no-nonsense jig which includes a stately leading down and up fit for a king and ends with round cabbage-like right hands across and left hands across at the end. Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, spent a memorable day boating with the Liddell sisters on July 4, 1862. This outing inspired him to create the stories that would eventually become "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." During the trip, Carroll entertained the sisters with a tale about a girl named Alice who falls into a rabbit hole! Curiouser and curiouser! 👑 🥬 🥬 🐇 ♠️ ♥️ ♦️ ♣️
Cabbages and Kings
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax
Of cabbages and kings
And why the sea is boiling hot
And whether pigs have wings."
Taken from "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There," 1872, we have the oft quoted lines from the nonsense poem describing a walk on the seashore by a very hungry walrus and carpenter.
July 4, 1862 is the day of the "Golden Afternoon" which inspired Lewis Carroll to write down the fanciful stories he told to the Dean of Oxford's three daughters, Ina, Edith, and the forever immortalized Alice Liddell, in his stories "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There." Today, May 4th, 1852 is her birthday.
To see an entire special collection of "Alice" dances which include:
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Queen of Hearts
White Rabbit
The White Rabbit
Cheshire Cat
Mad Hatter
March Hare
Enchanted Garden
Down the Rabbit Hole
Cabbages and Kings
The White Knight
visit the special page by clicking the theme collection here.
And for the entire text of the poem the illustration of the Walrus and the Carpenter, shown persuading the group of gullible oysters.
Click the dance cribs or description below to link to a printable version of the dance!
