St Urho’s day

Constance vs Grasshopper

Constance celebrates her Finnish roots by re-enacting the feat of the legendary St Urho. She is wearing her green and purple festival finery and declaiming: “Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen!”

Tags: doll, Hitty, Quimper Hitty, Quimper Hittys, Quimperhitty, St. Urho

9 thoughts on “St Urho’s day”

mixedupmeme on March 16, 2013 at 9:29 am said:

Thank you for the info about Saint Urho.
I love your creations!

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- Quimper Hitty on March 16, 2013 at 10:49 am said:
  
  We do have fun around here!
  
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Ann S. and the Bonsai Hittys on March 16, 2013 at 3:43 pm said:

I see Constance is wearing royal purple and Nile green to enact the brave feat of chasing away the grasshoppers. How brave she is, considering her size!

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- Quimper Hitty on March 16, 2013 at 4:16 pm said:
  
  Nile Green – exactly 🙂 I see you know your St Urho facts! Do you recognize the painted “East of the Sun” gown and tunic? You have the original!
  
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Sherry on March 16, 2013 at 5:07 pm said:

Great and colorful photo . So impressive. Hetty Hickory was delighted with this pic. Of course anything involving the dispatch of “pests” makes her tiny little shriveled heart just sing

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- Quimper Hitty on March 16, 2013 at 8:05 pm said:
  
  Constance polished the tines of the pickle fork especially well today. Did Hetty enjoy Francesca Da Rimini?
  
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ehpem on March 18, 2013 at 7:50 am said:

I wonder if Constance was tempted to go for a ride – this is a truly enormous grasshopper.

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- Quimper Hitty on March 18, 2013 at 8:21 am said:
  
  I’ll ask her.. it would be wilder than a fairground ride, fortunately she is not prone to motion sickness.
  
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  - ehpem on March 18, 2013 at 8:28 am said:
    
    Best not mention it to Min. She would be trying on her own without reins.