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GUEST,robinia BS: Allotments (83* d) RE: BS: Allotments 02 Sep 03

Not used to hearing Jimson weed spoken of with such respect! In folksong ("Young Man who wouldn't hoe Corn," sung to the tune of "Leatherwing Bat") we hear:

He went to the fence and there peeked in

Jimson weed grew up to his chin;

Jimson weed grew so high,

made this young man for to cry.

The song also has a nice phrase that I haven't heard anywhere else of "giving him the mitten" -- as in

She gave him the mitten just as sure as you're born,

And all because he wouldn't hoe corn."

Does this qualify as "thread creep"?   There's also a gardening moral to the song: the lazy gardener doesn't get the girl. BTW, in Seattle we call our allotments P-patches for some reason (not peas!) that I've long forgotten.
                  robinia

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