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This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. On the penultimate day, Day Eleven, the True Love gives Eleven Pipers Piping. There was one Pipers placename that I found, which was in Westmoreland, Jamaica, however I did […]This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. On the penultimate day, Day Eleven, the True Love gives Eleven Pipers Piping. There

This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. Day Ten is Lords A-Leaping. Lords, Westminster, UK appears to be the only Lords in the world. I had long believed that Lourdes in France was the French word […]This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. Day Ten is Lords A-Leaping. Lords, Westminster, UK appears to be the only Lords

This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. We’ve got as far as Day Nine, when the True Love gives Nine Ladies Dancing. Whilst there are no towns or cities called Dancing, there are plenty of “Dancing […]This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. We’ve got as far as Day Nine, when the True Love gives Nine Ladies

This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. Day Eight, and the True Love presents Eight Maids A-Milking. There’s a surprising lack of “Maid” or “Maids” as placenames on their own, but several Maidstones across the world […]This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. Day Eight, and the True Love presents Eight Maids A-Milking. There’s a surprising lack

This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. The True Love in the song presents Seven Swans A-Swimming on Day Seven. Quite where the True Love is getting all these birds from is anybody’s guess. I’m pretty […]This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. The True Love in the song presents Seven Swans A-Swimming on Day Seven. Quite