[StBernard] INTERESTING

[Westley Annis]

It might be the "official" explanation but this folk tale has never been
proven beyond conjecture and word of mouth throughout the years.

Theory.

That's what's been discussed throughout time and because the Animals
recorded it plays to the folk tale and keeps the belief alive that it must
be so because it's recorded for all time.

Never proven, most documents both in print and online discuss this and the
argument will go on until the end of time.

Someone must have thought that because a "house of ladies" leads to ruin of
the perpetrator and victim, that this tale leads credence to its actuality. 

Sort of like Santa Clause deriving from St. Nicholas or Jesus in each method
of giving, so it is that if you play with the Storyville section of N'awlins
long enough, enough discussions will be told on the stoops of doorways after
the sun drops.

--jer--


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Here's your answer...and the answer that official New Orleans tour guides
give:

There was a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named
after Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French)
and the brothel was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops)
until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was
located at 826-830 St. Louis Street.  The building is still there and is now
a residence.


- John