Twelve Days of Lime Christmas
By Roz Artis, BLF Treasurer and Director, Scottish Lime Centre Trust
On the first day of Christmas my true love (limey) gave to me a tub of putty in a lime tree
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two tonnes of sand
On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me three French NHLs
(other countries of manufacture are available)
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me four bundles of chestnut lath
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me five golden trowels
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me six plasterers plastering
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me seven masons a-building
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me eight baths of quicklime slaking
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me nine harlers harling
On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ten limewashers limewashing
On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me eleven pargers pargetting
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me twelve BLF members debating the right mix