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Saint Distaffs day, or the morrow after Twelfth day from Hesperides (1648)
by Robert Herrick
We welcome all readers to record their verison of this poem in honor of St. Distaff's Day, which is officially January 7th.
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.
Why? ... because there is a large group of fiber artists (spinners, knitters, etc) here at LibriVox, and we wish to celebrate this day in honor of our craft.
The full text of Hesperides (1648) can be found here.
Please be sure that your recording software is set to the following technical specifications:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44100 kHz
Have questions on "how"?
Check LV's Recording Notes thread before recording: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
If this is your first recording, you'll also find this useful: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/NewbieGuideToRecording
Begin your reading with the abbreviated LibriVox disclaimer:
Saint Distaffs day, or the morrow after Twelfth day by Robert Herrick, read for LibriVox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, your location, and/or your personal url.]
Then read the poem:
Partly worke and partly play
Ye must on S. Distaffs day:
From the Plough soone free your teame;
Then come home and fother them.
If the Maides a spinning goe,
Burne the flax, and fire the tow:
Scorch their plackets, but beware
That ye singe no maiden-haire.
Bring in pailes of water then,
Let the Maides bewash the men.
Give S. Distaffe all the right,
Then bid Christmas sport good-night;
And next morrow, every one
To his owne vocation.
At the end of your reading, leave a space and then say:
End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
Please leave a few seconds of silence at the end of your recording.
Save your recording as an mp3 file using the following filename and ID3 tag format:
File name - all in lowercase: stdistaffsday_herrick_[your initials].mp3
(ex. stdistaffsday_herrick_blb.mp3)
ID3 tags (Version 2):
Title: Saint Distaffs Day- Read by [YOUR INITIALS] (ex. Saint Distaffs Day - Read by BLB)
Artist: Robert Herrick
Album: Saint Distaffs day, or the morrow after Twelfth day
Comments: (optional) Recorded by [your name]
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If you wish to contribute, please have your readings submitted by 0600 GMT Sunday, January 13th (12:00am CDT)
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