O Lady Moon, Your Horns Point to the East

DESCRIPTION: "O Lady Moon, your horns point to the East, Shine, be increased. O Lady Moon, your horns point to the West, Wane, be at rest."
AUTHOR: Christina Rossetti (1830-1890) (source: Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: nonballad | moon
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 138, "O Lady Moon, your horns point to the East" (1 short text)
ADDITIONAL: ADDITIONAL: Walter de la Mare, _Come Hither_, third edition, 1928, p. 690, "(The Pale Queen)" (1 short text)
Roud #1297
NOTES [28 words]: For some reason Roud files this with "There Was an Old Woman Tossed up in a Basket." It seems clearly distinct to me. Indeed, Alice Kane knew both and separated them! - RBW
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File: KSUC138B

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