Folk Notes 4 - The Leaving of Liverpool
The Leaving of Liverpool Farewell to Princes' landing stage River Mersey fare thee well I am bound for California, a place I know right...
Folk Notes 3 - I Saw Three Ships
I Saw Three Ships I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas...
xxix. Signs and Wonders - Red
Red: 12th century, Middle English, from Old English rēad, Old High German rōt red, Latin ruber & rufus, Greek erythros. TOMATO Old smooth...
12 Markings - Scorpions
The Scorpion and the Frog A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its...
xviii. Signs and Wonders - Emptiness
Emptiness c.1200, from Old English at leisure, not occupied, unmarried. The Feeding of the Five Thousand St. John 6. 1-15 he knew what he...
xvii. Signs and Wonders - Teaching
Teaching: Old English tæcan ‘to show, point out,’ also ‘to give instruction.’ Novel Lesson Beneath the trees Friday afternoon that...
Folk Notes 2 - The Fields of Athenry
The Fields Of Athenry By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling Michael they have taken you away, For you stole Trevelyan's...
Comic Verse 12 - Ginger Meggs
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Folk Notes 1 - Tom Dooley
"Hang your head Tom Dooley, Hang your head and cry, You killed lil' Laura Foster, Poor boy you're bound to die. "You met her on the...
11 Markings - Thomas Hardy
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. The main object of religion is not to get a man...
