[Bryn-gwlad] faulty swordplay in Ansteorra

[Tim McDaniel]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Coblaith Mhuimhneach <Coblaith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> . . .One brother said he lunged with the plunger and it suctioned to
>> the stomach of his brother, who was swinging the sword. In his efforts
>> to remove his plunger from his brother's stomach, he said he
>> accidentally impaled himself on his brother's sword.. . .
>
> <http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Police_Blotter__1031.37c6bd0.html>

"Oh what's the blood that's on yer sword
My son David, oh, son David?
What's the blood it's on your sword?
Come promise tell me true."

"Oh that's blood o my brother John,
Hie, lady mother, ho, lady mother.
That's blood o my brother John,
Because he stuck a loo plunger on my tummy."

... you know, the modern remakes of Child Ballads just aren't as good
as the originals.

Dannet de Lincoln
-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com