- John Barleycorn - Wikipedia
John Barleycorn Broadside ballad entitled "A Huy and Cry After Sir John Barlycorn" by Alexander Pennecuik, 1725 " John Barleycorn " is an English and Scottish folk song [1] The song's protagonist is John Barleycorn, a personification of barley and of the beer made from it
- John Barleycorns - McMenamins
Learn something new every day, eh? "Barleycorn," of course, refers to the barley used in malt liquor And aren't we glad it does? Inside John Barleycorns, you'll find a nice, dark, cozy space — topped by a dramatic cathedral ceiling — and McMenamins-strength ales and spirits Outside, the terrace is surrounded by a garden
- Who Is John Barleycorn and Why Must He Die? - American Songwriter
John Barleycorn – it's a name that has for centuries appeared in lore and in song often with one caveat: he must die
- The Legend of John Barleycorn - Learn Religions
John Barleycorn is a traditional English harvest legend, and is a metaphor for the cycle of birth, suffering, death and eventual rebirth
- John Barleycorn | Alcoholic Beverage, Ballad, Folklore - Britannica
John Barleycorn, fictional humorous personification of alcohol, first appearing about 1620 John Barleycorn was a figure in British and American folklore British sources often refer to the character as Sir John Barleycorn, as in a 17th-century pamphlet, The Arraigning and Indicting of Sir John
- John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic - (1970) - YouTube
The character of John Barleycorn in the song is a personification of the important cereal crop barley and of the alcoholic beverages made from it, beer and whisky
- John Barleycorn, a poem by Robert Burns
John Barleycorn John Barleycorn is Burns take on whisky He obliquely refers to the process of reaping the barley, malting and distilling to create the Uisge Beatha Once again Burns illustrates how broad knowledge of life at that time with his description of the malting process that is used in whisky manufacture to this day
- The legend of John Barleycorn - World Music Central
Writer and musician John Phillpott delves into the darkness of pre-history and unearths a mysterious character known on both sides of the Atlantic by the name of John Barleycorn But is the age-old folk song in his honour a harmless, whimsical reference to the making of an alcoholic drink, or is there some other, much
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