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The prettiest victorian baby names

Marjorie - derived from Margert, means pearl 💫

Norah - means honor, irish origins

Theodora - means 'gift of god'

Vera - means faith, has Russian origins

Ida- means "industious one"

Florence - means "prosperous"

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Victorian party games -

Pass the slipper -

Any small object can be used btw.

Someone is picked to stand in the centre of a circle and close their eyes while the slipper is passed behind the back of the circle sat around them. When the person opens their eyes, the slipper must stop being passed around.

The person in the middle guesses who has the slipper. If they guess correctly, they swap places with the slipper holder. If not the person in the middle stays in the middle and the game continues.

Link to website I used:

http://www.victorianschool.co.uk/parlour%20games.html

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Victorian Christmas cards.

Re- post and say who you would send these cards to 👁👄👁

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Victorian flower language-

Flower of the day.

Bittersweet - truth

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My favourite/cutest victorian slang.

Doing the bear - hugging when courting

Make a stuffed Bird laugh - ridiculous

Don't sell me a dead dog - don't lie

Daddle- hands

Cuckaboo- close friend.