The Bitter Withy

[rude_rumps]

not sure exactly where to post this...but one of the more unusual spanking references I've come across...Jesus as a boy...drowning people...and then getting spanked by Mary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bitter_Withy

[needanAuntief4F]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I'd never heard of it before. Here is another link with a mural of the scene from the 14th century. Plus, there are various recordings of the song here. 

http://compvid101.blogspot.com/2013/12/for-season-6-bitter-withymary-mild.html

[rude_rumps]

5 hours ago, NeedanAuntie said:

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I'd never heard of it before. Here is another link with a mural of the scene from the 14th century. Plus, there are various recordings of the song here. 

http://compvid101.blogspot.com/2013/12/for-season-6-bitter-withymary-mild.html

oh wow that's neat...I'll have to listen to the songs... I'm really into old ballads like that!!

I came across this on an art forum where people were talking about the Max Ernst painting of Mary spanking Jesus...someone said there was a whole history to it...I'd never heard about all that in Catechism class!!

[needanAuntief4F]

23 minutes ago, rude_rumps said:

oh wow that's neat...I'll have to listen to the songs... I'm really into old ballads like that!!

I came across this on an art forum where people were talking about the Max Ernst painting of Mary spanking Jesus...someone said there was a whole history to it...I'd never heard about all that in Catechism class!!

I think the best rendition is from the Scots Folk Group. I'm familiar with the Max Ernst painting but had never heard or seen anything about this. And I was an art major and went to Catholic school from 1st through Grad school!

[rude_rumps]

On 5/21/2023 at 9:19 PM, NeedanAuntie said:

I think the best rendition is from the Scots Folk Group. I'm familiar with the Max Ernst painting but had never heard or seen anything about this. And I was an art major and went to Catholic school from 1st through Grad school!

an art major? wow...something else we have in common