#twa corbies

[greencheekconure27]

Ok Tumblr what's your favorite well-known Child Ballad*

Willie O'Winsbury (Child 100)

Twa Sisters (aka Wind and Rain/Binnorie/ The Swan Swims so Bonny etc) (Child 10)

Thomas the Rhymer (Child 37)

Tam Lin (Child 39)

Twa Corbies /Three Ravens (Child 26)

The House Carpenter/Daemon Lover (Child 243)

The Selkie of Sule Skerry (Child 113)

Voting ended onMay 10, 2024

* based on the ones I see referenced most

Propaganda is welcome!!!!! (Including recordings and art)

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[dragons-ire]

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

upright:change, cycles, fate, decisive moments, luck, fortune, unexpected events reversed: bad luck, lack of control, clinging to control, unwelcome changes, delays

(art by @mafumafuriah)

(brighid belongs to: @witchespromise - @snakemoltsiren !)

[ratuszarsenal]

I think your boyfriend might be lying dead in a field somewhere.. there were these two crows who talked about feasting on his bones I'm so sor- oh? you found another mate o? oh ok then

[avelera]

The Twa Corbies - Bedlam

Lyrics:

As I was walkin’ all alane I heard twa corbies makin’ mane The ‘tain unto the tither say, o “Where shall we gang and dine the day, o Where shall we gang and dine the day?”

“In ahint yon auld fell dyke I wot there lies a new-slain knight Naebody kens that he lies there, o But his hawk and hound and his lady fair, o His hawk and hound and his lady fair”

“His hound is tae the hunting gane His hawk tae fetch the wild fowl hame His lady’s ta’en anither mate, o So we can hae oor dinner sweet, o We can hae oor dinner sweet”

“Ye’ll sit on his white hoose-bane And I’ll pick oot his bonny blue e’en Wi’ mony a lock o’ his golden hair, o We’ll theek oor nest when it grows bare, o Theek oor nest when it grows bare”

“There’s many-a-name for him maks mane But nane shall ken whaur he has gane O’er his white banes when they are bare, o The wind shall blaw forever mair, o Wind shall blaw forever mair”

[thegorgonist]

A little murder of crow pins! All up in my shop <3

[therightvillainouschapbooks]

It’s getting there

The text is set in Optima, and reads: as I was walking all lane/ I heard twa corbies making a mane/ the tane unto t’other say/ ‘where sall we gang and dine to-day?’/ In behint you auld fail dyke/ I wot there lies a new slain knight/ And naebody kens that he lies there/ but his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair

[galaxies-of-apple-trees]

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Three Ravens

Gif credit: @southfarthing

[yo-hannia]

«As I was walking, oh, a' my lane

I spied twa corbies, they were makin' mane»

Happy Samhain, fellow magicians c: it’s finally not screenshot redraw