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Thread #40451   Message #3342707
Posted By: Phil Edwards
24-Apr-12 - 03:20 PM
Thread Name: Origins: What does 'Hal an Tow' mean?
Subject: RE: What does 'Hal an Tow' mean?
she got desainted after the Reformation in England. Before that she was probably a version of the Pagan Goddess of spring

Before what, exactly? Before Christianity? It would be nice to think that the singing of Hal-an-Tow (or something like it) dated back to before the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons, but it's a bit of a stretch.