On the fourth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Four calling birds
Most think the line goes "four calling birds"
when in fact it is four colly birds.
Colly is a dialect word meaning black.
It refers to the European black bird
Some think the four colly birds
refer to the four gospels and/or evangelists
Matthew Mark Luke and John
Eight more days until Christmas.
5 comments:
Wow - I never knew this! What a fascinating fact. Obviously, I am way behind here. I will be playing catch-up...backwards. :) Have a happy weekend! Theresa
Oh! You find out the best info! I had no idea about that line.
Interesting! Did not know that about "colly" birds before.
I seriously never knew this about "Colly" birds!
Thanks for the info.
Yes, that's interesting! all these time, I thought it was calling birds lol.
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