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Thread #161099   Message #3825652
Posted By: Mrrzy
10-Dec-16 - 12:39 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Good King Wenceslas
Subject: Origins: Good King Wenceslas
I did see a couple of threads on the song but one was in BS and neither was appropriate so I'm starting a new one.

I know we know who Wenceslas was and all that, but I've been re-listening and it occurs to me that the peasant has an oddly precise address, three whole lines devoted to exactly where he lived:

...underneath the mountain / hard against the forest fence / by St. Agnes' fou-ountain...

So, do we know anything more about the *peasant* in the tale?