The black formal wear gave dignity to the lowly profession and didn’t show the soot from chimneys!
The traditional garb of the chimney sweep – top hat and Victorian tailcoats – came to be in the 1400’s when sweeps would don the cast-off clothes of undertakers. Why Do Chimney Sweeps Wear the Top Hat and Tails? This might have come from the fact that homes with clean chimneys don’t have chimney fires. If you see a chimney sweep on the roof of a house, lore says the house will be blessed.
#SHAKING HANDS WITH A CHIMNEY SWEEP MARY POPPINS MOVIE#
Good luck will rub off when I shakes ‘ands with youĭick Van Dyke as Bert, the lucky chimney sweep in the movie Mary Poppins.Ī further elaboration on the good luck powers of chimney sweeps has it that they can even cancel out bad luck! Just ask Mary Poppins! As the chimney sweep Bert, played by Dick Van Dyke, sings in the movie Mary Poppins: Or young children can try to snatch a bristle of his brush for good luck.Īnytime you see a chimney sweep, not just after his has cleaned your flue, lore claims you can garner good luck by shaking his hand, touching his buttons, kissing him, or even blowing him a kiss. How Can a Chimney Sweep Share His Good Luck with You?Īfter the chimney sweep cleans your chimney, shake his hand for good luck. Or a cheaper alternative is to have a willing guest dressed in a chimney sweep costume. Even today, some chimney sweeps can be hired to bless the bride and groom with a good luck toast at a wedding. The chimney sweep and the maiden fell in love and were married.Įither way, it’s good luck to have a chimney sweep at your wedding, so couples would hire a sweep to attend. A young woman saw him dangling there and pulled him into the house, saving his life. Another account has a chimney sweep hanging from the gutter after slipping off the roof. Or maybe it didn’t happen that way at all. Some lucky chimney sweep legends start with William the Conqueror.
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