The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #9556 Message #509041
Posted By: GUEST
17-Jul-01 - 06:27 PM
Thread Name: The Four Marys - who were they really?
Subject: RE: The Four Mary's - who were they really?
Just who in Queen Mary's court were courtesans? I've never heard of any. I suggest you re-read the Opie's 'The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes', notes to #342 in the 2nd. ed., 1997.