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"The Chimney Sweeper" is the title of a poem by William Blake, published in two parts in Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794. The poem "The Chimney Sweeper" is set against the dark background of child labour that was prominent in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
A chimney sweep in Wexford, Ireland in 1850.. A chimney sweep is a person who inspects then clears soot and creosote from chimneys.The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to create a draught and draw air over the hot coals or wood enabling continued combustion.
The Chimney Sweepers Act 1875 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that superseded the Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840 passed to try to stop child labour. The bills, proposed by Lord Shaftesbury , were triggered by the death of twelve-year-old George Brewster, whose master had caused him to climb and clean the ...
Its only species, Odezia atrata, the chimney sweeper, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. [1] It is found in the Palearctic.
The song was inspired by one of the drawings of a chimney sweep created by Mary Poppins screenwriter Don DaGradi. When the Sherman Brothers asked about the drawing, DaGradi explained the ancient British folklore attributed to "sweeps" and how shaking hands with one or touching their sleeve could bring a person good luck. [2]
The Chimney Sweep may refer to: The Chimney Sweep, directed by Georges Méliès "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep", a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen; Springman and the SS, also known as "The Chimney Sweep", a 1946 Czechoslovakian film directed by Jiří Brdečka and Jiří Trnka
Chimney sweep; C. Chim Chim Cher-ee; Chimney Sweepers Act 1788; Chimney Sweepers Act 1834; Chimney Sweepers Act 1875; Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840;
The Chimney Sweepers Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 48) was a British Act of Parliament passed to try to stop child labour. Many boys as young as four were being used as chimney sweeps. This act stated that no boy should be bound apprentice before he was eight years old.