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GUEST,Big Vern | Origins: Mattie Groves - What year? (81* d) | RE: Mattie Groves - What year? | 13 Apr 08 |
My apologies - I forgot to sign in above. Although the point still stands, that a reader in 17th Century England or Scotland would think the ballad set in the Catholic past or in present day Ireland. As to dating a ballad there are of course two issues - dating it from the point of view of the historian/folklorist - i.e. when it was actually first written and literary dating (or whatever the terminology is) - i.e. dating it on internal evidence when it was supposed to take place. |