The stwuns that built George Ridler's oven

"The stwuns that built George Ridler's oven" is a ballad from Gloucestershire that has a double meaning known originally only to the members of The Gloucestershire Society where George Ridler is King Charles I and the oven represents the Cavalier interest.[1]

References
  1. Gibbs, J. Arthur (1929) A Cotswold Village, or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire. 3rd edition. London: Jonathan Cape. pp. 73-76 & 313-316.
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