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Thread #151520   Message #3546822
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
08-Aug-13 - 03:25 AM
Thread Name: Folklore/History: Irish Famine
Subject: RE: Folklore/History: Irish Famine
What Jim?

Droit du seigneur was never customary in England, but it was rife in medieval Ireland.
You can not blame it on the English, but some people always will.

I said that pre 20C songs about British rule are rare.
The Glenswilly song is one such, the author being an activist.