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  • 131The Old Gray Mare — is an old folk song, more recently regarded as a children s song.[1] Although nominally about horses, it can also be interpreted as referring to women who are well past their prime. Some authors[2][3][4] have said that the song originated based… …

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  • 132The Canterbury Tales — is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a collection of pilgrims on …

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