The Goops They Lick
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Why is the licking of fingers and plates after a meal impolite? - Quora
From the cover of Goops and How to Be Them , The other day I visited with a four-year-old friend; we read a book called Manners. I can still remember the opening lines:. The Goops, they lick their fingers, and the Goops, they lick their knives; They spill their broth on the tablecloth, Oh, they lead disgusting lives! Unlike the cautionary Struwwelpeter tales, the stories are not creepy or scary, and the Goops are less fellow children than repositories of all that is naughty.
'The Goops They Lick Their Fingers, The Goops They Lick Their Knives'
The Goops books, originally published between and , were created by the artist, art critic , poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess. The characters debuted, conceptually, in the illustrations of Burgess' publication The Lark , in the late 19th century. The Goops also appeared in panels in the popular monthly children's publication St.
THE Goops they lick their fingers, And the Goops they lick their knives; They spill their broth on the tablecloth- Oh, they lead disgusting lives! I was read this poem early in life by my mother and always at the dinner table. It was her version of the Lord's Prayer. Good poem with its good manner of representation as a classic mood.