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AllyJay
5 years agoMember
Our family's Christmas pudding memories are these. My most beloved mother-in-law (known by the kiddies when little as Annie and grandpa who was Pumma) would have collected five cent pieces over the year. The resulting loot was then boiled for a good ten minutes then drained and cooled.Her two small apprentices were perched on wooden steps and armed with a wooden spoon each. As each coin was added one at a time they would alternately stir in the coin with this chant... "I wish I wish a jolly good wish...and I wish that my wish would come true" Next coin...rinse and repeat. After putting in the pot to steam, Annie would then (with her helpers of course) make a delicious chocolate cake, making sure that there were plenty of leftovers in the bowl to be scraped and licked up.