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Thread #99152   Message #1972637
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
19-Feb-07 - 01:02 PM
Thread Name: Absurdities in songs - any examples?
Subject: RE: Absurdities in songs - any examples?
In Good King Wenceslas
"When a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fuel"
"Sire, he lives a good league hence....right against the forest fence"

Okay, what is this idiot pauper doing travelling a league in dangerous weather coditions to get fuel (presumably wood) when he lives right next to the forest?

CHEERS
Nigel