Placed today after a fun day of Geocaching the day before. This is the continuation of the Krazy Kidz series started and continued by my kidz. My son and I came up with the idea of a 12 Dayz of Christmas series representing a cache for each “Day” of the famous song. We hope you enjoy the 12 Dayz of Christmas and have a GREAT holiday season!!!
“Day 4” represents the “Calling Birds”.
On the Fourth Day of Christmas my True Love game to me, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
The exact origins and meaning of the song are unknown, but is highly probable that it originated from a children’s memory and forfeit game. It is possible, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” came from an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas. The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be of French origin. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” has a Roud Folk Song Index number 68. The tunes of collected versions vary. The standard tune now associated with it is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin, who first introduced the now familiar prolongation of the verse “five golden rings”.
***Congratulations to Team_N for First To Find (FTF). Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!***