One door, two door, red door, blue door.
Black door, blue door, old door, new door.
Big door, dinky door, purple door, pinky door.
Dirty door, clean door, yellow door, green door.
Fancy door, Orange door, black door, strange door.
Brown door, faulti door, white door, multi door.
Say! What a lot of doors there are.
The history behind the brightly painted colourful doors is that after the death of Queen Victoria, England ordered the citizens of Ireland (which was still under British rule at the time) to paint all of their doors black in mourning of the queen. The Irish rebelled and painted their doors bright colors, and the tradition has stuck.
But I like this story even better: Women were tired of their husbands going in the wrong doors when they were drunk, going up the wrong stairs, into the wrong bedroom and sleeping with the wrong woman so they painted the doors different colours to help them distinguish between them.
It may seem like I may be a little obsessed with doors, but they are all different, and each on has great personal touches. Even the door hardware is beautiful and interesting. They have knockers, clangers, pullers, glangers, huge doorknobs, and my favorite of all; Lion Headed Door Knocker!
Black door, blue door, old door, new door.
Big door, dinky door, purple door, pinky door.
Dirty door, clean door, yellow door, green door.
Fancy door, Orange door, black door, strange door.
Brown door, faulti door, white door, multi door.
Say! What a lot of doors there are.
The history behind the brightly painted colourful doors is that after the death of Queen Victoria, England ordered the citizens of Ireland (which was still under British rule at the time) to paint all of their doors black in mourning of the queen. The Irish rebelled and painted their doors bright colors, and the tradition has stuck.
But I like this story even better: Women were tired of their husbands going in the wrong doors when they were drunk, going up the wrong stairs, into the wrong bedroom and sleeping with the wrong woman so they painted the doors different colours to help them distinguish between them.
It may seem like I may be a little obsessed with doors, but they are all different, and each on has great personal touches. Even the door hardware is beautiful and interesting. They have knockers, clangers, pullers, glangers, huge doorknobs, and my favorite of all; Lion Headed Door Knocker!
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