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Thread #134170 Message #3572013
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
01-Nov-13 - 12:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A different Holly and Ivy? / Nay Ivy Nay
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A different Holly and Ivy? / Nay Ivy Nay
as posted by Jim Dixon (13 Dec 10), above:
Lybe has been defined as chillblains or chapped skin. See Notes appended to "The Contest of the Ivy and the Holly" in www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com.
The song there is from William Henry Husk, "Songs of the Nativity," 1868.