Download or read book Ye Jackdaw of Rheims written by Thomas Ingoldsby and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At an ecclesiastical feast in Rheims, the jackdaw makes off with the cardinal archbishop's ring. The cardinal curses the thief, but grants forgiveness when the thief is discovered to be the jackdaw, who is later sanctified as Jim Crow.