"Jack And Jill Went Up The Hill" .... So Did We!

[debris4spike]

How many of you have had a "special" place of your Childhood, and then discovered that such a place actually exists?

From my earliest days I have (as I have mentioned in the past) been a head-banger during sleep, which has really upset Mum and Dad as they were told it was unloved babies who did that ... and I was much loved and wanted. However nothing stopped the head-banging which I called "Jacksdisaster" after my favourite Nursery Rhyme.

Jack and Jill went up the hill
The fetch a pail of water;
Jack feel down and broke his crown,.
And Jill came tumbling after.

Up got Jack and home did he trot,
As fast as he could caper;
Went to bed and bound his head,
With vinegar and brown paper.

When Jill came in how she did grin
To see Jack's paper plaster;
Mother vexed, did whip her next;
For causing Jack's disaster.

Now, there are one or two explantions to this rhyme ... one of which is that of the French Revolution .... the other of which is a small town near where my brother Nick lives.

There was a young couple who lived here, and every morning they would walk to the top of the hill to use the well, one day they slipped, and Jack fell down and broke his head, which he later died of. his wife followed a few weeks later after a traumatic birth. The child was raised in the village .... and locally there is a popular surname called Gilson (which is said to be a derivation of Jills' son)

So, as you can see, I walked up and down Jack and Jill's hill ... with all the family - and no one was injured!



Jack and Jill's Well-


Some of the family (including Mum), on the way back down -


The path up and down -


Close-up of the flowers -
 


 

Comments

[deborahw37.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that nobody came tumbling down

[debris4spike]

I'm sure everyone was keeping an eye on me!!

[mountainheather.livejournal.com]

Very cool! Glad no one was injured. hehe :)

[debris4spike]

LOL - I'm sure everyone was keeping an eye on me!!

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

That looks like a very long hill (although not too steep?). Love the flowers in that last picture! :)

[debris4spike]

It was a reasonable length .... but great to see Mum make it, which was good news all round.

[kudagirl.livejournal.com]

I had heard the first four lines of the rhyme since I was a child. The last eight lines, I had never heard before. It a lovely area in the photos. What type of tree is the one with the blooms?

[debris4spike]

We always knew the whole lot - hense my childhood link!!!

As to the trees - I think they are May trees, but will check with Mum.

[jaded-jamie.livejournal.com]

Wow! It's a good thing no one came a tumbling down X-D

[debris4spike]

I think all the family really kept a check on me!

[jaded-jamie.livejournal.com]

It told me it had not posted, hence why I posted the same comment twice LOL

[debris4spike]

Mmmmm, it's done that to me a few times!

[jaded-jamie.livejournal.com]

Wow! It's a good thing no one came a tumbling down and broke their crown X-D

[debris4spike]

I think all the family really kept a check on me!

PS _ Just testing me were you, with the same answer twice!

[jerusha]

Oh, wow. That hill and flowers are so pretty!

[debris4spike]

It was a lovely place to have a walk, and great to be out as a family!