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Tiddely Pom Actions songs, Lullabies and Musical rests

Tiddely Pom Action songs to get up to !

What shall we do with the lovely Flora

Jack in the box

Kangaroos like to hop

Rests in Music

Tiddely Pom Musicianship

The Rest ( blow ) Ta and tete

Pease porridge hot ,ta tete ta blow ( rest )

See the candle light Blow(rest) ,Me Ray Doh

Up the tall white candle stick

( scale up and fast down )

Lullabies

Sweet lullaby ..ta ,tete ta blow

in your sleep !

Sleep baby sleep

Easter Children worship songs

He’s got the whole world in His hands

Jesus love is very wonderful

I love you Jesus ,deep down in my heart

Lord ,you are more precious than silver

For their purpose Christ was revealed…Jesus reigns over all

Gods not dead NO

Jumping up and down ,shout Hosanna

You are the King of glory

Making home made herbal tea mixtures

Stinging nettle

After collecting your fresh young stinging nettle heads lay them on a sheet or muslim cloth to dry in a sunny place in the house. Turn them every day for 3 to 4 days. When they are dry they will make a crisp sound when you rub them together. Ideally you break them into small pieces by rubbing them between your hands. They won’t sting by the way once dried. Alternatively you can keep them as whole leaves.

Once dried put them into an airtight jar with a lid. It is best not to put them into a plastic bag.

Making a nettle tea brew

Add three heads of nettle into a cup and add boiling water ! Mint or aniseed stars can also be added if you want a richer flavour. Other combinations are possible of course and the wonderful thing about collecting your own herbs is you can make teas to your own taste!

Create your own dried herbs throughout the year for making blended herb tea mixtures

Spring time : bramble soft young leaves, Silver Birch young leaves, Raspberry young leaves,

Summer time : from May / June ; Elderblossom, Lime winged seeds, Mint, Camomile, and other herbs from a kitchen garden like Rosemary, Mint, Thyme, St John’s Wort.

I will be posting more detail a little later on so look out for Summer herbs.

All need to be dried and then at the end of the year in the Winter you put them all together in whatever combinations you want. The bath is a good mixing vessel!

Spring Stinging Nettle Soup!

Young fresh nettles can be collected from January onwards until approximately April.

Don’t harvest older nettles!

This is a surprisingly delicious and nutritious plant to pick during the Spring when it is young and not stingy! It is very rich in iron and other minerals and tastes very like spinach.

Cut the head of the young nettle using a glove or plastic bag on your hand to grasp the nettle. (Be careful you only collect from areas that dogs don’t frequent!)

To make a lovely soup add nettles to the following ingredients :

potatoes
celery
garlic
onions
carrots
other vegetables

You can also add a vegetable stock like Swiss Bouillion. You can either liquidise the soup or leave it as a vegetable soup with pieces. It is nice to add a little sour cream to the finished soup.

Coloured boiled eggs

To dye an egg shell use plants like onion skin ( this produces yellow, beetroot produces purple red, Stinging nettle makes green ). You can use food colourings instead if you can’t get hold of onions or beetroot etc.

Boiling eggs in coloured water

Add one of these plants to a saucepan of water and boil until the water becomes a deep colour. Then put the egg into the boiling water for 4 to 5 minutes.

An additional fun variation is to take a leaf or a grass strand and lay it against your egg, held in place with a piece of tight stocking ( permeable to let the colour go through. This lets a shadow form on the egg shell.) you can use a rubber band if it is easier.

Boil the egg in the coloured water and the shadow of the plant stalk will make an imprint on the egg shell!

Yet another alternative we have often done is to boil your eggs, take them out the water, then each person in your family or friends use coloured crayons to ‘paint’ a design while it is still hot. The crayons melt on to the shell. Cradle your hot egg in a cloth rag or old tea towel whilst doing this.

Here are some wonderfully dyed eggs by my Godmother, Erika

We have an Easter tradition of getting up at sunrise. Find a local hill and roll your eggs down. The winner is the egg that is least damaged at the bottom ! The reward ? A chocolate egg!