Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home,
Your house is on fire, your children all gone,
Except little Nan, who sits in a pan,
Weaving gold laces as fast as she can.
In Medieval England farmers would set torches to the old hop
(used
in flavoring beer) vines after the harvest in order to clear
the
fields for the next planting. This poem was sung as a warning
to
the ladybugs that were still crawling on the vines in search
of
aphids. The ladybugs' children (larvae) could get away from
the
flames, but the pupae, referred to as "Nan" in some versions,
were
fastened to the plants and thus could not escape.
NOTE:
1. This cache is part of a series called "Mommio's
Challenge."
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and
forward it to the cache owner when you have completed
all
the caches in the series. You may e-mail mommio for a scorecard
on
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some
of the caches in order to have certain items with you.
4. NO hints will be given until someone has completed
the
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