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18 Apr 20 - 01:22 PM (#4046864) Subject: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: Severn Something I always wondered about since I was a kid Since all the other animals in the song seem real species drawn to scale, when Froggy Went a'courting and he did ride, just what DID he ride? |
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18 Apr 20 - 02:19 PM (#4046877) Subject: RE: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: Jim Carroll "Went a'courting and he did ride, just what DID he ride?" A snail in one version Mind you, you can't believe anything these Frenchmen say - that's why Britain left Europe - I'm told :-) Jim Caaarroll |
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19 Apr 20 - 03:18 AM (#4046957) Subject: RE: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: Mr Red We ain't left yet, and it is going to be quite a ride, even moreso with COVID on our backs! Did he go a-courting with Tex Ritter or would a-whooing go with the Folk Process? |
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19 Apr 20 - 04:57 AM (#4046974) Subject: RE: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: AKS He most probably rode his missus, like here ;-) AKS |
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19 Apr 20 - 12:07 PM (#4047039) Subject: RE: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: cnd Sorry, Severn, I didn't see much. Searching Fresno State's pretty thorough ballad index for "amphibian" turned up nothing for me. If you want to do some digging, visit https://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/BalladSearch.html and search for "transformations" or "shape-changing." |
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19 Apr 20 - 04:42 PM (#4047086) Subject: RE: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: Susan of DT I thought this was going to be tales about things riding on frogs across the pond, like the scorpion. |
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19 Apr 20 - 05:08 PM (#4047093) Subject: RE: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: cnd Oh! I mis-read the title--oops! |
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20 Apr 20 - 08:24 PM (#4047301) Subject: RE: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: Severn If he was still having relationships with an existing wife who would bead him numerous children, why involve himself in a biga-mouse relationship that would end up on the society pages of the local papers and would bear him a couple of mogs or frice at best. Some animal mixed marriage offspring are tolerated because people hold some species of animals over their coarser relatives. Doves are thought to be romantic where's pigeons are uncool, probably from leaving their droppings on attempted human relationships and dampening then somewhat. So what happens when your little turtle dove turns out to be merely a little pigeon toad?..... Riding on a snail, indeed! While the band at the church keeps playing "Haste To The Wedding' over and over until Froggy finally arrives, no doubt..... |
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22 Apr 20 - 02:04 PM (#4047644) Subject: RE: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: GUEST Sorry Mr Red, sadly we HAVE left !! it happened on January 29th !!.we should now be in serious discussions with Europe about our future relationship with the E.U. Our great leader Boris seems determined to press on with the madness despite the consequences. |
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22 Apr 20 - 02:14 PM (#4047647) Subject: RE: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: keberoxu ? what is this to do with Froggy riding something? |
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25 Apr 20 - 11:37 AM (#4048389) Subject: RE: Folklore: Amphibian Transportation From: Severn Damned if I know. I asked a simple question and someone found a snail, but nobody's found anything else, to scale or not.I'm not surprised that politics crept in. It always does. But it doesn't solve anything. |