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Ruairidh Greig wrote: > > I have completed a postgraduate study at Sheffield University, UK on the > subject of seasonal house visiting customs. This includes sections on the > "Old Tup" ( based on the song about the Derby Ram ) and the "Old Horse ". > Both are dramatic performances based on folksongs about animals. > Ruairidh Greig > Let me know if you want more details. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Glasbenonarodopisni institut <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: 02 April 1999 12:14 > Subject: Animals in Folklore > > > Dear feiends! > > > > I'm looking for books or articles about the theme Animal in Folklore, > > particularly in Folk Songs. I'd be most grateful for your help. > > > > > > With my best regards > > > > Marjetka Golez > > That's practically an endless subject. How far afield do you want to go? Search the Digital Tradition database for cat, dog, and animal. There's Dick Whittington's Cat, Prince Rupert's dog 'Boy' in the English civil war, and a song in Pills, I think, "Drunkard, Dog of War". The Presbyterian Cat, c 1730, is on my website, but is based on an anecdote about 80-90 years earlier. the English song "George Ridler's Oven" is base on the broadside ballad "My dog and I" (on my website, as is "Mossie and his Mare") Does "The Old Sea Crab" count? How about birds = Leather winged bat? Three Ravens? "The Ram of Diram" in Kinloch's 'The Ballad Book' is longer than "The Derby Ram" (c 1815?) on my website.<p> Drimandown (Druimin Dubh Delis), Colly my Cow, Scewball, (all on my website). Froggy went a courting (1580). Don't go kicking my dog around, Old dog Trey, Old Blue, The Cat Came Back (in Levy collection). D'Urfey had a version of "Old MacDonald had a farm" in Pills to Purge Melancholy. Possum up a Gum tree. Poor Kitty Popcorn (The Soldier's Pet) in Sandburg's 'American Songbag' is by Henry Clay Work. Bruce Olson -- My website: www.erols.com/olsonw <A href="http://www.erols.com/olsonw"> Click </a> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%