Sir Thomas Rhymer

Sir Thomas Rhymer was the subject of one of the Child Ballads, as recorded in a book of which Jenny Everywhere, while in the Collapsed Cosmos, owned a copy. One extract of the “ballad of Sir Thomas Rhymer” was:

She turned about her milk-white steed, And took True Thomas up behind, And aye wheneer her bridle rang, The steed flew swifter than the wind…

—Child Ballads

By reciting this passage, Jenny hoped to travel to Faerie. (PROSE: The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere)

Behind the scenes

“Thomas the Rhymer”, also known as “Thomas Rhymer” or “Sir Thomas de Ercildoun” (the “Sir Thomas Rhymer” form used by Jeanne Morningstar is not often used in the real world), was a 13th century Scottish laird said to be a great poet and prophet. He is indeed the subject of one of the Child Ballads, namely Number 37.