The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #83375   Message #1532867
Posted By: Abby Sale
01-Aug-05 - 04:53 PM
Thread Name: Happy! - July 31 (Lughnasadh)
Subject: RE: Happy! - July 31 (Lughnasadh)
Well then came men with great sharp scythes
To cut him off at the knee
They bashed his head against a stone
And they used him barbarously

Surely harvest. Or maybe just a joke & not religious at all. Ever since reading Golden Bough and Freud I completely gave up on being sure what these (or nursery rhymes) actually mean.