Four Calling Birds

Four Calling Birds -Perfect Holiday greeting card ! -With Snow, traditional mistletoe, pine cones and Holly ... more

by Trudi Doyle

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$50

Dimensions

5.000 x 5.000 inches

Title

Four Calling Birds

Artist

Trudi Doyle

Medium

Painting - Watercolour Painting

Description

Four Calling Birds -Perfect Holiday greeting card ! -With Snow, traditional mistletoe, pine cones and Holly
Inspired by lyrics of the Carol "Twelve days of Christmas" - a good deal more than just a repetitious melody with pretty phrases and a list of strange gifts.
Catholics in England during the period 1558 to 1829,were prohibited. It was a crime to be a Catholic.
The" Twelve Days of Christmas" was written to help young Catholics learn the tenets of their faith - a memory aid, when to be caught with anything in writing could not only get you imprisoned, it could get you hanged,or hanged,drawn and quartered,
"On the first day of Christmas, My true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree" is Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 Turtle Doves refers to the Old and New Testaments
3French Hens refers to Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues
4 Calling Birds refers to the 4 Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists
5 Golden Rings refers to the first 5 Books of the Old Testament.
6 Geese A-laying refers to the 6 days of creation
7 Swans A-swimming refers to the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 Maids A-milking refers to the 8 beatitudes
9 Ladies Dancing refers to the 9 Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 Lords A-leaping refers to the 10 commandments
11 Pipers Piping refers to the 11 faithful apostles
12 Drummers Drumming refers to the 12 points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed

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November 12th, 2013