December 5, 2005
"'London Bridge Is Falling Down' ... contains coded references to the medieval custom of burying people alive in the foundations of bridges."
That's a line in a NYT review of the new "Norton Anthology of Children's Literature." But there's no further information. Intriguing!
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It's not surprising that there's no further information. I have to suspect that this folk history is as spurious as the legend of "Ring Around The Rosy" supposedly relating to the Black Death.
I have a new one for you. How about,
"Google/Blogger.com is falling down?"
Sheesh.
Cheers,
Victoria
Well, it's just a tourist trap in Lake Havasu City, Arizona now. Not far from a golf course, and not much else. Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth would be apalled, I tell you, apalled.
I found a couple of sites with info about London Bridge is falling down..
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/london-bridge-is-broken-down.htm
and
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/DiscoverSouthwark/historicsouthwark/londonbridge.html
This makes me laugh. Really? Do we have to have a conversation over such a thing? Just leave it as it is. A song. A lovely beautiful song. I enjoy it. :)
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