Saint Distaff's Day, or the Morrow After Twelfth Day

About this film

LibriVox recording of Saint Distaff's Day, or the Morrow After Twelfth Day, by Robert Herrick. LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 different recordings of Saint Distaff's Day, or the Morrow After Twelfth Day, by Robert Herrick. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of January 6th, 2008. What is St. Distaff's Day? Historically, it was the day after the Christmas festivals ended (the 12 days of Christmas), and most women went back to work with their spinning… but it was also a day of pranks and horsing around. Additional information can be found in Chambers' Book of Days . For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audiobooks or to become a volunteer reader, please visit LibriVox.org Download M4B (6MB)

Directors & creators

Robert Herrick

Subjects

LibriVox; literature; audiobook; herrick; poetry; poem

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