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Thread #166816 Message #4014874
Posted By: Steve Gardham
22-Oct-19 - 11:32 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: By Thirty and By Three (Significance?)
Subject: RE: Folklore: By Thirty and By Three (Significance?)
It scans nicely and actually simply means 'there were about 30 of them' which doesn't scan as well.
Try the following--all Child ballads: 193B st30 211 st48 281A st 4, B st 4, C st 3.
Merry men 100A st8 81A st 13, B st 4, C st 20, H st 10 110 B st 18, C st 15 156 A st 2, F st 2 182, B st 14 164 (Vol 5 p245) st 10 165 st 17