Your Brick + Ember Outfitters certified chimney sweeps might not sport a cockney accent or dance around on your roof, but we would certainly be happy to shake hands when we arrive to clean and inspect your chimney.
Prince Philip reportedly took this legend seriously and ran out of Kensington Palace to shake a chimney sweep’s hand before marrying Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II). Because of this, it became considered good luck to shake a sweep’s hand before your wedding. Throughout the film, Bert repeatedly mentions to the children and Mary Poppins that a sweep is a lucky as lucky can be and that the good luck will rub off when he shakes hands with you. They immediately fell in love and had a long and happy marriage. A woman in the house spotted him and pulled him to safety. In this story, a chimney sweep fell and was dangling from the roof. King George then declared chimney sweeps to be lucky.
A chimney sweep came to his rescue and prevented the carriage from overturning. In the 1700s, King George III was traveling when his horses suddenly spooked. King George and the Carriage MishapĪpparently, kings of England are unlucky with horse-drawn carriages. Because the sweep saved his life, King William declared that all chimney sweeps must bring good fortune. King William and the Carriage MishapĪs the story goes, in 1066, King William of Great Britain was in danger of being hit by an out-of-control carriage when a chimney sweep pushed him to safety. This somewhat strange, folkloric idea of the sweep as a good luck charm has been around for quite some time, and there are three common legends as to how it came about. Throughout the film, Bert repeatedly mentions to the children and Mary Poppins that “a sweep is a lucky as lucky can be” and that the “good luck will rub off” when he shakes hands with you. When you think of a chimney sweep, Dick Van Dyke’s portrayal of Bert in Disney’s Mary Poppins likely comes to mind he’s a cultural icon.
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