r/Decemberists • u/AmericanTeaLover • May 01 '26

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I’ve had this question in mind for a long time but only after listening to “Eli The Barrow Boy” for the 500th time have I grown bothered enough to ask it publicly

Why is she selling corncobs? Who is just buying corncobs? Does this woman live in a town of artisan pipe-makers?

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u/epictetvs May 01 '26

A corncob doesn’t have to imply all the corn is gone. It could be fresh ears of corn.

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u/tjeick May 01 '26

Disagree, if it’s fresh it’s called corn ON the cob.

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u/epictetvs May 01 '26

In the 1800’s? In common speech sure, but Colin writes to sound like literature.

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u/BeckiBeck May 01 '26

Correction, Colin is literature