Does anyone know the saying , a loaf of bread, a pound of salt etc. don't know the rest of it.?!
Answers: This would be what you take to a welcome to your new home party.
It is a loaf of bread so that this house may never know hunger, salt for the spice of life and wine - but I forget why the wine. Watch It's A Wonderful Life - they have a scene in there where they offer these gifts and their meanings to the Martini family as they move into their new home.
It's actually part of a song by the Clarks:
Apartment Song
Walking down the street honey New Orleans I’m gonna slip my note into the pocket of your jeans How was I to know turning green on red A waitress in the sky still playing in my head
Days like these y’know are no one’s fault A bottle of wine, a loaf of bread, a pound of salt Gimme little time to shake up I’ll meet you when I finally wake up around two Looking for the truth
Walking up the stairs to the second floor I’m gonna slip my note into the keyhole of your door How was I to know honey right from wrong Walk right into this vacant apartment song
Walking down the street honey New Orleans I’m gonna slip my hand into the pocket of your dreams How was I to know turning light on dark Lease it for a year I got a place in Highland Park
Days like these y’know I feel you’re pain A bottle of rhymes a little music box of rain Gimme little time to shake up I’ll meet you when I finally wake up around two Without you, around two, without you or with you
Walking up the stairs to the second door We’re gonna leave our ghosts on the polished hardwood floor How was I to know honey right from wrong Walk right out of this lonely apartment song