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18 Mar 05 - 06:26 AM (#1437546) Subject: Folklore: Blue From: Torctgyd 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? |
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18 Mar 05 - 10:58 AM (#1437708) Subject: RE: Folklore: Blue From: GUEST 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 |
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18 Mar 05 - 11:16 AM (#1437714) Subject: RE: Folklore: Blue From: GUEST,Azizi Maybe the color "blue" was used so often because its easy to rhyme. ['you', 'too', 'shoe', 'who' etc.] |