Folklore: Blue

Subject: Folklore: Blue
From: Torctgyd
Date: 18 Mar 05 - 06:26 AM

Blue seems to crop up in the names of (British) folk songs/tunes more than any other colour (apart from perhaps black). Is there some hidden meaning to blue that I don't know or is it that blue was just an easy dye to produce so was used alot (woad?).

Is blue as popular in other European traditions or in other cultures further afield?

Subject: RE: Folklore: Blue
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Mar 05 - 10:58 AM

My Love Is Like A Blue, Blue Rose
Blue Grow The Lilacs
The Wearing Of The Blue
The Auld Blue Flute
Lily The Blue
The Dashing Blue Sergeant

Subject: RE: Folklore: Blue
From: GUEST,Azizi
Date: 18 Mar 05 - 11:16 AM

Maybe the color "blue" was used so often because its easy to rhyme. ['you', 'too', 'shoe', 'who' etc.]