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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 506830, member: 2844&quot;]Something like it. A waltzing Matilda is a &#039;swag&#039;, a rolled up blanket carried on the shoulders. As you walk the blanket &#039;waltzes&#039; because of the movement of the body.</p><p><img src="http://australianartist.net/images/Aussie-Swagman_26x40_150_board.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The song is about a &#039;swagman&#039; or itinerant farm labourer, who stole a sheep, and committed suicide because he&#039;d rather die than be punished for stealing a sheep.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>A scene from the song, the Matilda is leaning against the tree:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fartintegrity.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fp3101808-copy.jpg&amp;sp=190ecb9a595d34e64b9a69568a01eeb5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t really see the connection with Persian plates either, but that is the human mind for you, we are all familiar with strange associations.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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