Advent follies, day 7

[lumineaux]

Today's carol quiz:

This Star drew nigh to the North West;
O'er Bethlehem it took it's rest.
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay.


Today's obscure carol quiz, in Middle English, even:

Tydynges trew ther be cum new, sent frome the Trinite,
Be Gabriel to Nazaret, cite of Galile;
A clene mayden and pure virgyn thorow hyre humilite
Conceyvid the secund person in divinite.

For those keeping score at home, I have managed to stump the Peanut Gallery exactly once so far.  This proves either that you are all as geeky as I am, or that I'm not making these nearly hard enough.  :-)

Edited to add: Looks like I have stumped folks on the second one.  Woo hoo!
It is Nowell, Nowell, a 15th cen. carol.  The chorus is "Nowell, Nowell, this is the saluctacion off the aungell Gabriell"

Comments

[beckishadow.livejournal.com]

The first one is The First Noel? Damn, I need to clear the cobwebs this morning.

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Ding!

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

You're stumping me consistently on the Obscure ones, because I'm too stubborn to look them up and many I just plain have no idea.

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

I managed one so far. Not bad, considering this isn't my holiday. :-)

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Glancing at the icon quickly, it really looks like Yoda is flipping someone off. Just sayin' :-)