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Archive for December 19th, 2008

O Come All Ye….Jacobites?

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Professor Bennett Zon of Durham University has revealed that the popular Christmas carol ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ (a.k.a., Adeste Fideles) is riddled with Jacobite codes. The words of the eighteenth century carol can be interpreted to have Jacobite meanings. Bonnie Prince Charlie’s birthday – 20 December 1720 – inspired the song which first appeared [...]

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