Saturday, December 17, 2005




Religious symbolism of The Twelve Days of Christmas (The 12 Days of Christmas)

1 True Love refers to God

2 Turtle Doves refers to the Old and New Testaments

3 French Hens refers to Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues

4 Calling Birds refers to the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists

5 Golden Rings refers to the first Five Books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace.

6 Geese A-laying refers to the six days of creation

7 Swans A-swimming refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments

8 Maids A-milking refers to the eight beatitudes

9 Ladies Dancing refers to the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit

10 Lords A-leaping refers to the ten commandments

11 Pipers Piping refers to the eleven faithful apostles

12 Drummers Drumming refers to the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed

Bet you never knew this!!!

2 comments:

Lazy Daisy said...

I read that it could have been used as a Catholic catechism but it could just be a nonsense song. There is no proof either way. Lazy Daisy

Rudy Wellsand said...

Nice tho'ts! Is Destiny controlled by CODES? You have DNA and RNA CODES in you, plus other CODES that switch things ON and OFF in your body to control you! WHO PUT THE CODES INTO YOU? YOU CAN READ CODES RIGHT OUT OF YOUR OWN BIBLE that control your destiny! See the "Chosen"Code and "Color"Code; VISIT: http://quadcode.blogspot.com . Save or Print this to study it. Leave a comment if you will.