tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post113509301659717298..comments2023-11-03T06:08:34.011-06:00Comments on Third Level Digression: Yahmdallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486390319031344611noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1135272669002324182005-12-22T10:31:00.000-07:002005-12-22T10:31:00.000-07:00Responding to your update ... The place to go for ...Responding to your update ... The place to go for information would be one of the many volumes by Richard and Iona Opie, the uber-researchers of nursery rhymes, folk songs, children's games, etc. Unfortunately this requires dead-tree research rather than Googling.<BR/><BR/>A plausible suggestion is that the song is originally French, based on the reported existence of very similar French and The Opinionated Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998448933609444830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1135260752147339872005-12-22T07:12:00.000-07:002005-12-22T07:12:00.000-07:00For a Christmas song that really does do a Christi...For a Christmas song that really does do a Christian countdown from 12, try "Children Go Where I Send Thee" (one of my favorite songs from childhood btw), with varying lyrics, being a folksong and all:<BR/><BR/>http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=7055<BR/><BR/>or <BR/><BR/>http://www.catholic.net/RCC/music/midi/christmas/go.htmlThe Opinionated Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998448933609444830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1135260291849362812005-12-22T07:04:00.000-07:002005-12-22T07:04:00.000-07:00Aaaargh! Not the 12 Days of Christmas Myth again! ...Aaaargh! Not the 12 Days of Christmas Myth again! Actually I was thinking of blogging on this some time, as it was the hair that broke the camel's back and got me to withdraw my oldest from CCD (Catholic Sunday School for non-parochial school students). It's a myth, of course (see http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/12days.asp for the full details) but it was taught to my dear Offspring's The Opinionated Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998448933609444830noreply@blogger.com