12 days of christmas

A question that has plagued me since chorus in elemetary school: where did this song come from? Why the odd set of gifts? I mean each gift is either a bird, a person doing something odd (“oh honey, lords a leaping…you shouldn’t have”), or the ever popular 5 golden rings. There has to be some reasoning or symbolism behind it.

See you in Cafe Society.

I like the part about the three wench friends.

Wow… word for word, too…

Snopes doesn’t think so.

:smack:

Sorry…didn’t scroll down…

Color me embarrassed.

:::extends wrist to be slapped for spreading a UL:::