Talk:Speed-the-Plow

Title
Isn't Speed_the_Plow a British Army march (music) for the light infantry? --V. Joe 20:52, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's quite possible. The play was named for a popular 19th century play. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:05, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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. Aristophanes 68  (talk)  21:52, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I happened to just read the play, so I added one. Fnordware (talk) 06:02, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

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)