No, I was the one who knew all the rhymes because she couldn't skip for toffee.

Ha!

When I read the original post it rang a couple of bells but it wasn't until I read MissPrism's post that they really started to clang.

When I was a 'little one' we used to put our teeth in an eggcup covered in salt!

I'm from Yorkshire - we have some strange customs :-)

Thanks Miss Prism, an answer at last!! My Dad was an intelligent, well read sort of man with loads of useless and useful knowledge so he must have come across this idea at some point in his reading - just wished I'd asked him a few more questions about it when I had the chance!!

I'm heading to London to visit my brother in March - think I'll look for a copy of your listed book - is this a second hand bookshop sort of item or is it still produced?

By the way, one of my Dad's best stories is about when he was a member of the Cavern Club, which at the time was supposedly a serious Jazz Club and at break times from the jazz bands local groups would come on and play while everyone went to refill drinks and chat - he says that one of these groups no one listened to was the Beatles!! Never knew which of my Dad's stories to believe but this one was always fun.