One for Sorrow
Social ScienceCustoms & TraditionsFolklore & MythologyFairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologyFiction
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- Copyrightindehaver
- Michael O'Mara Books
- Udgivelsesår
- 2011
- Forlag
- Michael O'Mara
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- Dannihar citeretfor 2 år sidenCurses, like chickens, come home to roost
This medieval version of our modern saying ‘what goes around comes around’ has its origins in fourteenth-century notions of morality. Chaucer gave expression to the idea at the end of the fourteenth century in ‘The Parson’s Tale’, with the line:
And ofte tyme swiche cursynge wrongfully retorneth agayn to hym that curseth, as a bryd that retorneth agayn to his owene nest. - Dannihar citeretfor 2 år sidenIn traditional fishing communities, it is unlucky to kill a seagull because they are believed to embody the souls of drowned fishermen
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