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Podcast: Bone and Sickle
Episode: Lost Heads
Description: As June 24, the feast of St. John the Baptist approaches, the folklore of decapitation suggested itself as an appropriate theme for this episode. Â We begin by way of an old English childrenâs rhyme and game, âOranges and Lemonsâ based on melody played by the bells of St. Clemens church in London. Â The rhyme ends with the couplet:
Here comes a candle to light you to bed
And here comes a chopper to chop of your head
Chip chop chip chop the last man is dead
⌠which should explain our inclusion here.  We hear this m...