Talk:Speed-the-Plow

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Isn't Speed_the_Plow a British Army march (music) for the light infantry? --V. Joe 20:52, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's quite possible. The play was named for a popular 19th century play. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:05, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Update

Ganymead, I have the song, if you'd like the file. Unforutantely, I'm not sure how to post it, and I'm not quite sure if it is a legitimate copywrite...

Madonna link

The Madonna link at the bottom of the page seems out of place, and it goes to something on youtube that has been removed.

Hey, Just wanted to say THANK YOU to whoever wrote the Wikipedia entry about this play, I found it very very useful! - in NY

Missing a plot summary

Please add. Thanks. Aristophanes68 (talk) 21:52, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I happened to just read the play, so I added one. Fnordware (talk) 06:02, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning

The Secret Middle Ages (ISBN 0-7509-2685-6) by Malcolm Jones discusses the origin of the phrase "God Speed the Plow" in a celebration known as Plow Monday and a 14th-century poem:

God spede the plow

And send us all corne enow

Our purpose for to mak

At crow of cok

Of the plwlete of Sygate

Be mery and glade

Wat Goodale this work mad

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God speed the plough

And send us all corn enough

(Our purpose) for us to make

At crow of cock

Of the plough light of Sygate

Be merry and glad

What good ale this work made.

At crow of cock: dawn, every morning the ploughmen have a drink before work
plough light of Sygate, the ploughmen gather for a drink in the evening on Twelfth Night
pun:
(1) Goodale is someone's name and "this work" would be some work he did (2) Good ale is the ale made from the corn.
QuentinUK (talk) 16:05, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]