SETTING THE THAMES ON
S: FIRE I- *■ , > -. ■ 1: I'his phrase has nothing to do with ]; <he Biver Thames, but has. come down £' to us from very early times when housegi wives commonly ; :_a kind of sieve, i{| called a temse, for various worlc in the !«|kitchen. To say "You will never set $■; the temso on fire" was a reproach to fil anyone who was slow at the work' of £s shaking the sieve. }*"- A temse is still used in some northjjlj era parts of the country.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 20
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86SETTING THE THAMES ON Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 20
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