tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post114323978606765559..comments2023-11-03T06:08:34.011-06:00Comments on Third Level Digression: Yahmdallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486390319031344611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143755220974542142006-03-30T14:47:00.000-07:002006-03-30T14:47:00.000-07:00Homeschooling makes you an expert on everything th...Homeschooling makes you an expert on everything that touches on early childhood education. A mile wide, an inch deep. <BR/><BR/>More specifically, being a literary snob, I mean purist, we did Robin Hood via the original ballads (check out "The Song of Robin Hood," illustrated fabulously by Virginia Lee Burton. Which got me into the Child Ballads. And so on. Check out contemplator.com .The Opinionated Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998448933609444830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143746423802627072006-03-30T12:20:00.000-07:002006-03-30T12:20:00.000-07:00Ok, mang, how do you know so much about the histor...Ok, mang, how do you know so much about the history of this tune? Did I stumble upon the subject of an old college paper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143693565735296482006-03-29T21:39:00.000-07:002006-03-29T21:39:00.000-07:00Re: the Wikipedia article linked in your update. I...Re: the Wikipedia article linked in your update. Interesting, but that bit about the Deeper Meaning of the "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme" refrain is hooey. The phrase is just filler, and shows up as some form of "merry and time" or "merry antine" more frequently than as "rosemary and thyme." The briefest research turns up these refrains for variants on The Elfin Knight:<BR/><BR/>Whilst The Opinionated Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998448933609444830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143557270835516912006-03-28T07:47:00.000-07:002006-03-28T07:47:00.000-07:00"Scarborough Fair" is an adaptation of the Scots b..."Scarborough Fair" is an adaptation of the Scots ballad "The Elfin Knight," which has dozens of variants, including Irish, English, and American ("Now you are going to Cape Ann..."). The premise, at least in the Scots variants, is that a maiden is lying in bed imagining her elfin knight, who then supernaturally appears and requires her to perform various impossible tasks before he'll marry her. The Opinionated Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998448933609444830noreply@blogger.com