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Thread #23372   Message #1148534
Posted By: GUEST,Anne Croucher
28-Mar-04 - 08:07 PM
Thread Name: Black Jack Davy - origin of phrase?
Subject: RE: Black Jack Davy - origin of phrase?
Theres a Longborough(?)morris tune called Black Jack - and there is, I think a Black Jo and an Old Black Jo.

Don't know how old they are.

In 'Nancy Dawson' the girls of the town are described as 'the black the fair the red the brown' which presumably refers to their hair colouring.

Anne