First Line: WASH YOUR HANDS, OR ELSE THE FIRE Last Line: DEAD THE FIRE, THOUGH YE BLOW. Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYEES; NATIVITY, THE; SERVANTS; DOMESTICS; MAIDS;
Wash your hands, or else the fire Will not teend to your desire; Unwasht hands, ye Maidens, know, Dead the Fire, though ye blow.