Am 12.11.2012 15:33, schrieb Ive:

> Completely unrelated and almost off-topic (well, related to one of my
> own numerous wip images):
> Does corbies mean crows or ravens? Referring to the (a lot older than
> Jacobian) Scottish ballad 'Twa Corbies'. I've always assumed crows (just
> because of the 'C' I think) but also did find 'translations' to raven.

Given the striking similarities between the song "Twa Corbies" (as sung 
by e.g. Steeleye Span) and the song "Three Ravens" (as sung by Peter, 
Paul & Mary), I'd assume it's ravens.

If anyone, by the way, happens to have a complete text and/or 
translation of "Twa Corbies", I'd be very much interested (please send 
to Christoph at Lipka-Koeln,de)

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