Pace Egging & Traditions
Leggi in italiano The custom of egg begging on Easter was widespread not only in Piedmont (cf), but…
Tag: Steeleye Span
The Shaking Of The Sheets: a macabre dance
Leggi in italiano In the Middle Ages to exorcise the fear of death, they danced with her, the…
Pubblicato inFILM, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music
“What women really want” /“King Henry”
This ballad to ask the question and give the answer, however, recalls the language of the fairy tale…
Dark-Eyed Sailor, a reily ballad
The song also known as "Fair Phoebe and her Dark-Eyed Sailor" originally from England, and is dated to…
Pubblicato inDrinking song/ CANTI DA OSTERIA, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music
John Barleycorn must die!
John Barleycorn (in Italian Giovanni Chicco d'Orzo) is a traditional song spread in England and Scotland, focused on…
The Grey Silkie of Sule Skerry
The best known of of the Orkney ballads, also known as The Gray Silkie of Sule Skerry, it…
Pubblicato inFOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, musica norrena/ Norse music
Lord Olaf (Herr Olof) and The Elves
This medieval ballad ( from the North to the South of Europe) tells the story of a knight…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk
The Saucy Sailor Boy
The nineteenth-century image of sailor is rather stereotypical: Jack Tar is a drunkard and a womanizer, perhaps a…
Pubblicato inFOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, Musica Appalachiana/ Appalacchian music, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Hares on the Mountain with Sally the dear
Cecil Sharp has collected nine different versions of the ballad "Hares on the Mountain", a love hunt perhaps…
Pubblicato inFOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Beltane Love Chase: The Two Magicians
Love Chase is a typical theme of popular songs, according to the proper ways of the courting song…
