vanny_1973: Please, What does ” Partridge in a pear tree ” means in the Christmas song ” The twelve days of Christmas ?
Hi ! Merry Christmas ! I love this song and many other american songs. My entire family is from the USA and I came to Brasil when I was 5 years old. There are a lot of things I don’t know or don’t remember. I used to sing this song in day care in the USA. I looked up in the dictionary and Partridge means a kind of a bird. but I don’t know for sure.Partridge in a pear tree ? I didn’t understand.. Please, I accept your help.
Happy Holidays to everyone !!!!
Answers and Views:
Answer by gunsmoke_70
A bird, (partridge) in a tree that bears fruit (pears)
Well, it’s just what it says,,,,,, it’s a bird sitting in a pear tree.Answer by amy
that’s right partridge is a bird
The ‘partridge in a pear tree’ means there is only one God and is a symbolic of Jesus
this is the symbolic interpretationAnswer by Trish<3
That is true, a partridge is a bird and a pear tree is a tree that bears fruit, but there is also a religious and symbolic meaning for all those gifts mentioned in the song, 12 days of Christmas.
The Partridge in a pear tree symbolizes God’s gift of Jesus to us.
It goes on, for example the 5 gold rings are the first five books of the Old Testament (the “Pentateuch”), ten lords a leaping are the ten commandments, seven swans a swimming are the seven sacraments, 11 drummers drumming are the eleven faithful apostles, and so on. I forget the rest, but I am sure you can google or yahoo it, if you are so inclined to do so.
Merry Christmas!
Answer by crazypyscheNothing it just one of things like rama lama ding dong or give peace a chance….. im joking and im not sure actually but i think it was originally about a english family with a traditional name of partdrigeAnswer by i<3 X-mas
A Partridge is a bird, and a pear tree is a tree that grows trees so a bird (partridge) sitting on a pear trees branch.
kinda like this:https://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_RttxN5BFrkoAIoijzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12o0am802/EXP=1167165681/**http%3a//www.activityvillage.co.uk/images/Partridge_in_a_pear_tree.gifAnswer by thelordparadox
Try this:Answer by Big R
It doesn’t mean anything. It’s just a catchy little phrase that sounds good. No deeper meaning. Just enjoy the song!Answer by Martha P
The Twelve Days of Christmas is a children’s rhyme that was originally published in a book called Mirth without Mischief in London around 1780. It was originally a memory and forfeit game and it was played by gathering a circle of players and each person took it in turns to say the first line of the rhyme. When it is the first player’s turn again he says the second line of the verse and so on.
100 years later the game and rhyme were adopted by Lady Gomme (an English collector of folktales and rhymes) as a rhyme that “the whole family could have fun singing every twelfth night before Christmas before eating mince pies and twelfth cake”
The verses are as follows: Twelve Drummers Drumming Eleven Pipers Piping Ten Lords a-leaping Nine Ladies Dancing Eight Maids a-milking Seven Swans a-swimming Six Geese a-laying Five Gold Rings Four Calling Birds Three French Hens Two Turtle Doves and A Partridge in a Pear Tree From: The Reader’s Digest Merry Christmas Songbook, published 1981.
A partridge is a bird and is sitting in a tree with pears.
Leave a Reply