Subj : English folklore
To   : Gleb Hlebov
From : Dallas Hinton
Date : Tue Jan 14 2025 23:39:02

Hi, Gleb -- on Jan 15 2025 at 09:25, you wrote:


GH> This short passage feels quite like a piece of poetry, you may think
GH> of it this way. However, there seems to be a certain logic to that:
GH> only one head at a time that she'd lay her hand on, hence a singular
GH> "our head".

True. And it is very poetic writing. In fact, Wikipedia (and other sources) describe it as "a humorous novel", and was originally intended to be a serious travel guide describing a 2-week boating holiday on the Thames river.


Cheers... Dallas

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