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[rosemary_green]

Today I ran across this list of "lessons from ballads" by Jim Macdonald (with many, many more in the comments section).
An example:
"Avoid navigable waterways. Don’t let yourself be talked into going down by the wild rippling water, the wan water, the salt sea shore, the strand, the lowlands low, the Burning Thames, and any area where the grass grows green on the banks of some pool. Cliffs overlooking navigable waterways aren’t safe either.

Broom, as in the plant, should be given a wide berth.

Stay away from the greenwood side, too."

Things I’ve learned from British folk ballads

Comments

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

Hi! Just came over to say that there's a programme about Kipling's ballads on Radio 4. If you go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ click on Listen Live, you can use the radio player to play the programme - it's called Barrack-Room Ballads.

[rosemary-green.livejournal.com]

...I'm kicking myself because I just now saw your note (must look at the front page of my LJ more often!), and the program has already switched over to a new week. Rats!! But thank you for thinking of me, all the same. BBC has so many wonderful programs that just wouldn't appear on our US radio stations!

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

and the program has already switched over to a new week
Rats! it was lovely, too.
Do you ever access BBC7? They repeat lots of wonderful stuff - Have His Carcase is on at the mo, on a daily basis.