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Valentine's Day Song

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Performer: Unknown
Place Collected: Eastleach
Date collected: Between 1913 and 1916
Collector: Williams, Alfred
Roud Number: 1142

This snippet must be part of a house-to-house custom to collect money or tokens on St Valentine’s Day.  At one time, such customs were commonplace to mark various dates in the calendar.

 

Notes by Gwilym Davies 13 April 2016