Da's a Daisy so Guimea your Handsel too
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Jump to navigationJump to search- "Daisy, Daisy give me your answer do" (lyrics from "Daisy Bell", a song by Harry Dacre, 1892)
- Da's a Daisy: Dad's a daisy, "daisy" being slang for 'the best'.
- handsel: a gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck; the first installment, or first payment of money in a day or series.
- Hansel: the hero of the Grimm fairy tale and of Hansel and Gretel, an opera by Humperdinck.
- guinea: British coin worth one pound, one shilling
