The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13314 Message #3094346
Posted By: Charley Noble
13-Feb-11 - 10:22 AM
Thread Name: Origins: There Is a Tavern in the Town
Subject: RE: Origins: There Is a Tavern in the Town
Now I'm pondering just how the carving was supposed to be done:
"And on my breast carve a turtle dove,"
Is this some bizarre tattooing ritual enacting on the corpse? Is this a common cultural practice of some British or American cult? Inquiring minds would want to know, or not!
Oh, hang that harp!
Charley Noble