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Thread #159779   Message #3788422
Posted By: Richie
03-May-16 - 11:33 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Bramble Briar/Bruton Town/MerchantDaughtr
Subject: RE: Origins: Bramble Briar/Bruton Town/Merch. Daught.
Hi,

I've started on the UK versions. I have a question:

Where is the location of the Peter Parley version?

It's in Tales About Christmas by Peter Parley (Samuel Griswold Goodrich) published in London, 1838.

https://books.google.com/books?id=UVcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA147&dq=%22In+public+houses,+and+pot+houses+by+the+way+side,+at+times,%22&hl=

The location is not given Parley says: In public houses, and pot houses by the way side, at times, there are strange ditties to be heard. Having occasion to call on the landlord of a house of this description, I could see, through the glass door of the little parlour where I sat, a group of country people sitting with their mugs before them.

I assume since the location, given earlier in the book, is Redhill Grange, a small private housing area of just under 400 homes, located approximately a mile and a half north of the center of Wellingborough, the county of Northamptonshire.

Ty,

Richie