Cultural References
Today the term is used in many contexts, and largely divorced from its historic origins.
- It is used in the Irish adaptation of the folk song Foggy Dew, about the Easter Rising of 1916, "Oh the night fell black and the rifles' crack Made perfidious Albion reel".
- It was used by Argentinians in the context of the football rivalry between the Argentine and English national teams.
- It is also often used in a humorous context, notably in France ("Perfide Albion"), Spain ("Pérfida Albión"), Italy ("Perfida Albione"), Portugal ("Pérfida Álbion") and Romania ("Perfidul Albion")
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