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Thread #112179 Message #2372799
Posted By: Richard Bridge
23-Jun-08 - 06:14 PM
Thread Name: 'Whip Jamboree' (a.k.a. 'The Peacock')
Subject: RE: Folklore: 'Whip Jamboree' (a.k.a. 'The Peacock')
Nice piece of thinking Garg. If the word "jamboree" does not predate 1864 then the song substantially postdates the revolution in America.
Depending on the words sung (there are various) one could play that game over and over. The Lizard Light was I think completed in 1619 so that drops back in time.
Ships going to Liverpool would not have needed the Lizard Light whereas London ships would.
Over to real historians.