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Old 12-11-2009, 06:55 AM
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QBeth
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"Ups-a-daisy" and it's various forms.

"An exclamation made when encouraging a child to get up after a fall or when lifting a child into the air. ... The 'daisy' part is a fanciful extension of 'day', perhaps alluding to the child being on the ground amongst the daisies. Of course, the name daisy itself derives from 'day' - the flower, which closes at night and exposes its yellow centre in sunlight, was thought of as the day's eye."

Egads! I'm learning too much here.
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