Twisting the rope...
...is an old tradition that comes out of Ireland. The wandering minstrel was a welcome guest who came into a house and sang for his supper, made himself useful, and stayed a while. Sometimes too long a while. After all, shelter and meals are not to be let go of lightly! Well, one cannot just hurl a troubador out into the weather. Not without repercussions: and do you want your name and your life to be the topic of such a one's next song, to be shared about the countryside? Especially with him... Sign in to see full entry.