Bluebells, Cockle Shells

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Title: Bluebells, Cockle Shells
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Dr John Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes, others
Summary: Urchines gotta urche
Warning: (facepalms may ensue)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 10th 2023 prompt: A Blue Flower

.oOOo.

‘Watson, please pay attention to those little girls skipping rope. Listen very closely,’ said Mr Sherlock Holmes.

We remained amongst the shadows and I strained to hear their happy chirping.

Bluebells, cockle-shells,
Eevy, ivy, over.
My mother sent me to the store,
And this is what she sent me for:
Tube, charing, cross, pepper

‘Wait, did they just say Charing Cross?’ I asked

‘Yes, Watson. Those children are the all-female division of the Baker Street Irregulars and they have been watching our suspects all afternoon. If we are to catch them, we should proceed to the Charing Cross Underground, post-haste.

.oOOo.

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Supplementary Notes: I was hoping to find some nefarious meaning in the skipping song like Ring-Around-the-Rosie, but alas, it's just a skipping song.

Comments

[pompey_01]

Oh, I love this! Skipping songs as coded messages for Holmes!

[debriswoman]

Very clever urching by the urchins :-)

[smallhobbit]

The female branch blending into the background but still fulfilling their function.

[gardnerhill]

Up town, down town, all around the Yard,
General Napoleon beat them very hard.
Chased a fox to Switzerland to skin and take his head,
Ran into a waterfall and fell down dead!