Mudcat Café Message

sj

User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
c.boisvert@open.ac.uk	Lyr Req: Les Trois Hommes Noirs (Barde) (35)	RE: Barde	24 Sep 97
> Does "noir" in this context indicate race, the > "choleric humour," or perhaps, the long black > gowns of clergy, as in "Blackrobe"? Or is there an > alternate possibility? It's morally black, evil. > L'histoire et le provenance > de votre chanson, s'il vous plait? I don't know where it comes from. It's not literary French - it could come from Quebec or from a rural part of France (eg Britanny). And it's old but not very old (18th century?). Never heard the story before.

Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.