I say, you're already in it now. May as well stick it out for the lords and ladies. Congratulations, you're now in control of 10 noble families, which probably include at least a few thousand square miles of land and a labor population in the 10s of thousands. Could be more depending on their ranks in the peerage system.
Children's carols aren't obliged to make any kind of sense, but I always imagined it as an aristocratic lady with a huge country manor getting lovebombed with outrageous gifts from her suitor, just because he can.
Endless birds is less annoying when you can be like:
claps hands "Sebastian, put these in the dovecote with the others, would you please?"
18 Comments
taiyang@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 267d
Oh, ok. Five golden rings. That's cool. Fine he can keep sending gifts...
Wait what? Six geese?! I knew I shouldn't have trusted him!
(Call it off soon or you end up with gift of milkers.)
FoolishSage@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 267d
I only leaned fairly recently that they are all birds with the 5 golden rings being some type of pheasant
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 266d
Oh shoot, TIL, thank you for passing on this revelation
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 266d
I say, you're already in it now. May as well stick it out for the lords and ladies. Congratulations, you're now in control of 10 noble families, which probably include at least a few thousand square miles of land and a labor population in the 10s of thousands. Could be more depending on their ranks in the peerage system.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 267d
Bro, it's 12 days full of fowl. It's birds all the way down. Like some seasonal 12 layer turducken.
Okokimup@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 266d
Thanks for sharing this!
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 266d
Whole lotta food for a medieval peasant. Probably a decent amount even for a tradesman or farm.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 265d
🤔😄
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 267d
Children's carols aren't obliged to make any kind of sense, but I always imagined it as an aristocratic lady with a huge country manor getting lovebombed with outrageous gifts from her suitor, just because he can.
Endless birds is less annoying when you can be like:
claps hands "Sebastian, put these in the dovecote with the others, would you please?"
"Certainly ma'am."
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 267d
Erin learned this the hard way.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 266d
I mean,you can eat the birds or their eggs. To someone living in the pre-19th century, that's a winning lottery ticket
kazerniel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 266d
and then you start getting gifted people 😨
CelloMike@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 267d
Will just leave this here
Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree
It's all the letters back to the guy who's sending all the birds and it's brilliant
sturlabragason@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 267d
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h4UNYA05s60&list=RDh4UNYA05s60&start_radio=1&pp=ygULa8OmcmkgasOzbGmgBwE%3D
If you get over the minor hurdle of understanding icelandic you will understand how relevant and funny this is.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 267d
Don't forget the fresh pears!
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 267d
That partridge is a real menace, though..
bytesonbike@discuss.online · 2 pts · 265d
I don't think they were gifts.
They were daily threats.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 266d
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 266d
How this plays out
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 266d