Originally Posted by Hieronymous:
“I'm sure we all know the carol but it's interesting to read what the man is supposed to have done. He wasn't a king at all, apparently, but a duke only receiving the title of king posthumously.
It seems that legend has it that he distributed alms barefoot though why he would be barefoot is unclear. Some sort of penance, perhaps? I'm guessing that this was the inspiration for Neale's "Mark my footsteps well, my page" part of the carol.
Good King Wenceslas”
“I'm sure we all know the carol but it's interesting to read what the man is supposed to have done. He wasn't a king at all, apparently, but a duke only receiving the title of king posthumously.
It seems that legend has it that he distributed alms barefoot though why he would be barefoot is unclear. Some sort of penance, perhaps? I'm guessing that this was the inspiration for Neale's "Mark my footsteps well, my page" part of the carol.
Good King Wenceslas”
Mrs. Wenceslaus had pinched his Crocs.
