The crayfish

Spent the bank holiday in Leeds, moving my stuff back to the north in a new swanky house...whoowhoo! Tiring but worth it.

On saturday, after a whole day of packing/moving boxes around/driving from Bristol to Leeds/unloading stuff/collapsing on the couch, I went to bed and read my text messages and found out that one of my best friends just got engaged to her boyfriend! I was over the moon!

To celebrate both the happy couple and the swedish midsummer (Cecilia is swedish), she hosted a traditional "kräftskiva" (crayfish party)...it was so much fun! LOTS and LOTS of crayfish and schnapps....mmmmhhh.

Hope your bank holiday weekend was as good as mine :)

"Fisherman, fisherman, standing by the sea
Have you got a crayfish that you can sell to me
By the way side high diddly aye do

Yes sir, yes sir, that indeed I do
I have got a crayfish that I can sell to you
By the way side high diddly aye do

Well, I took the crayfish home, and I though he'd like a swim
So I filled up the chamber pot, and I threw the bugger in
By the way side high diddly aye do

In the middle of the night, I thought I'd have a fit
When my old lady got up to a-wash her face
By the way side high diddly aye do

Husband, husband, she cried out to me
The devil's in the chamber pot, and he's got hold of me
By the way side high diddly aye do

Children, children, bring the looking glass
Come and see the crayfish that bit your mother's a-face
By the way side high diddly aye do

Children, children, did you hear the grunt
Come and see the crayfish that bit your mother's a-nose
By the way side high diddly aye do

It's the ending of me story; I don't have any more
I've an apple in me pocket, and you can have the core
By the way side high diddly aye do"

The crayfish - Traditional song