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Thread #170494 Message #4128873
Posted By: Levana Taylor
13-Dec-21 - 10:17 PM
Thread Name: Any November Songs?
Subject: RE: Any November Songs?
THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL
Many versions of this song (Child 79) have it happening at Martinmas. Appropriate time for encounters between the living and the dead, especially since before the Gregorian calendar reform Martinmas could have coincided with Samhain.
Mudcat
Mainly Norfolk
Child Ballad Database
Link to MARTINMAS SONGS posted above