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Thread #140911   Message #3304326
Posted By: Richie
08-Feb-12 - 09:36 AM
Thread Name: Child Ballads: US Versions
Subject: RE: Child Ballads: US Versions
Hi,

In Child's narrative for No. 46 Captain Weddderburn he writes at teh beginning of the third paragraph:

We have had of the questions six, A 11, 12, What is greener than the grass? in No 1, A 15, C 13, D 5; What's higher than the tree? in C 9, D 1; What's war than a woman's wiss? ("than a woman was") A 15, C 13, D 5; What's deeper than the sea? A 13, B 5, C 9, D 1.

Since there is no D version, what's going on? Is the D version missing?


Richie