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"Fare Thee Well" (also known as "The Turtle Dove" or "10,000 Miles") is an 18th-century English folk ballad, listed as number 422 in the Roud Folk Song Index. In the song, a lover bids farewell before setting off on a journey, and the lyrics include a dialogue between the lovers.
The fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me four ducks quacking, three fat hens, two turtle-doves, a partridge, and a pear-tree; The fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me five hares running, four ducks quacking, three fat hens, two turtle-doves, a partridge, and a pear-tree; And so on.
for poor individuals unable to afford these, two turtle doves or young pigeons could be substituted, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering; [20] for the very poorest individuals, a tenth of an ephah of unscented fine flour could be offered instead of an animal. [2]
From turtle doves to lords-a-leaping, the price of the ‘12 Days of Christmas’ just hit a record high ... a total of 22 doves, or two for 11 days in a row, etc.) That all-encompassing category ...
The "Christmas Price Index" is calculated by adding the cost of the items in the song. The "True Cost of Christmas", however, is calculated by buying a partridge in a pear tree on each of the twelve days, buying two turtle doves from the second day onward, for a total of 22 turtle doves, etc., for the complete set of 364 items. [4]
And taking his ticker away. Oh, had I the wings of a turtle-dove, I'd soar on my pinions so high, Straight back [alt 6] to the arms of my Polly love, And in her sweet presence I'd die. Now all my young Dookies and Duchesses, Take warning from what I've to say: Mind all is your own as you toucheses Or you'll find us in Botany Bay.
Season two of Black Doves has already been confirmed, having reached Netflix’s top 10 most-watched shows list in 89 countries. ... “I couldn’t really give it away, but I love that character ...
The plainsong hymn Ave Maris Stella ("Hail, Star of the Sea") dates from about the 8th century. Paschasius Radbertus in the 9th century has an allegorical explanation of the name, writing that Mary is the "Star of the Sea" to be followed on the way to Christ, "lest we capsize amid the storm-tossed waves of the sea."