Christmas Connections: Part 10 of 12
It's strange that although people are no strangers to physical symbolism, they can't recognize it when it's in text. All you have to do is think about your body, and why 10 is such an obvious numerical base to use, and you will be able to guess the significance of ten lords a-leaping.
Oh, sure, you can also think of them as the Ten Lords of Misrule. But even those are anthropomorphs of your inbuilt digital computer. After all, a wise man once said that the Devil makes work for idle hands.
No less a poet than the last bard of Wales described the hand as 'five sovereign fingers'. When you combine that image with Morris-dancing, you get one of the oldest primal images of all.
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"On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ten lords a-leaping."
Oh, sure, you can also think of them as the Ten Lords of Misrule. But even those are anthropomorphs of your inbuilt digital computer. After all, a wise man once said that the Devil makes work for idle hands.
No less a poet than the last bard of Wales described the hand as 'five sovereign fingers'. When you combine that image with Morris-dancing, you get one of the oldest primal images of all.
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"On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ten lords a-leaping."
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