My latest entry (inspired and informed by MudCat threads, btw-- and the first where I discuss a song*): The "False-parted" woman in comic ballads.

... I actually posted it Friday evening, but then lost my Internet connection over the weekend.

*I've been debating whether or not to write about "Mrs. McGrath" -- does that count as "folklore" or straight history? I might do a piece on "The Jovial Beggar," to contrast attitudes toward disability in men vs. women, & young vs. old...