tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post6822559790668281068..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: Y is for YorkAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-40881341568453260012020-05-01T12:28:21.142-04:002020-05-01T12:28:21.142-04:00I shall read all rhymes one by one.I shall read all rhymes one by one.Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00137977090611542246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-71741349593612996572020-04-30T10:16:32.995-04:002020-04-30T10:16:32.995-04:00Lisa, this one predates the Blue Meanies slightly,...Lisa, this one predates the Blue Meanies slightly, but is definitely of the same era, with that same 60's style.<br /><br />Kathe, very true. I think you're also right that the artist was definitely going for that view.<br /><br />Deborah, that would make an interesting twist with a peace sign. And you're right, fetching pails on hills can be dangerous! ;)<br /><br />Rob, have you not learned by now not to go looking for sense in these rhymes? Perhaps you're right and the Grand Old Duke was just looking forward to getting it all over with.<br /><br />Kristin and Ronel, this seems likely. Just up and down and up and down as busy-work.Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-42815980696543270922020-04-30T09:02:06.297-04:002020-04-30T09:02:06.297-04:00You’re right, Anne, that first one is very Monty P...You’re right, Anne, that first one is very Monty Python in style! <br /><br />Lisa, the answer to that riddle is “teeth.” It is an old style riddle of the kind the Saxons used to enjoy. And Tolkien used it in The Hobbit, in the chapter “Riddles In The Dark.”Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-26918472111813656932020-04-30T07:29:26.204-04:002020-04-30T07:29:26.204-04:00Sounds like someone was bored...
An A-Z of Faerie...Sounds like someone was bored...<br /><br />An A-Z of Faerie: <a href="https://www.ronelthemythmaker.com/yule-folklore-krampus-atozchallenge-folklore/" rel="nofollow">Krampus</a>Ronel Janse van Vuurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041347187777879494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-34542524015538918742020-04-30T00:35:20.290-04:002020-04-30T00:35:20.290-04:00This is a new one on me. It has a sing-song to it...This is a new one on me. It has a sing-song to it that I like.Jade Lihttps://tao-talk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-88129561359869168142020-04-29T22:38:24.670-04:002020-04-29T22:38:24.670-04:00I think they were on maneuvers. No particular rhym...I think they were on maneuvers. No particular rhyme or reason to it. Their Captain just wants to keep them fit. So up and down the hill they go.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-65981569035558117192020-04-29T18:16:11.610-04:002020-04-29T18:16:11.610-04:00It is a funny little nursery rhyme and has never r...It is a funny little nursery rhyme and has never really made any sense to me. Probably because I'm just an old grumpy chap which I suspect may also be true of The grand old Duke of York.<br /><br />Almost at Z, just a few more hours and we can all cheer and lie down and rest much like the ten thousand men on that hill.Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-85638797631238323052020-04-29T14:30:09.208-04:002020-04-29T14:30:09.208-04:00I really do like that first illustration. Although...I really do like that first illustration. Although I'd like to see the fingers in a peace sign and then the men would be marching towards that. Your final notes always crack me up. And seeing how I'm obviously on a let's add something mode, I'd add the admonishment "don't go fetching any pails."Deborah Weberhttps://deborah-weber.com/garden-of-delights-y/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-73818198002596665272020-04-29T14:10:58.996-04:002020-04-29T14:10:58.996-04:00Oh I love so much your "A final note for impr...Oh I love so much your "A final note for impressionable children" ;))<br /><a href="https://quiltingpatch.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-z-y-young-jeune.html" rel="nofollow"> Y is for Young </a>Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork Appliquéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307507105646376697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-45076091547129436612020-04-29T12:08:55.681-04:002020-04-29T12:08:55.681-04:00The first drawing really shows how war is fought.....The first drawing really shows how war is fought....the General points his finger up the hill and the soldiers go toward the enemy while the General sits down and doesn't budge. At least that is how I see it and I think this artist did also. Kathe W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06781645436343424010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-47843561435969345022020-04-29T11:11:41.115-04:002020-04-29T11:11:41.115-04:00This one always reminds me of this old riddle!
&q...This one always reminds me of this old riddle!<br /><br />"Thirty white horses on a red hill,<br />first champ, then stamp, and then stand still"<br /><br />Not a riddle like we in the US think of them, I guess these are either older, or British sorts. I run across them in novels.<br /><br />The first illustration looks like a Blue Meanie. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592568959570035100noreply@blogger.com