Yorkshire Horse-Dealer, The

DESCRIPTION: "Bane ta Claapam town-gate live an oud Yorkshire tike," a horse-dealer named Tommy Towers. He and Abey Muggins set out to cheat each other, trying to get the better deal on a horse-trade by passing off dead animals as alive. They swap dead horses
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1846 (Dixon-AncientPoemsBalladsSongsOfThePeasantryOfEngland)
KEYWORDS: trick lie death horse humorous
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Dixon-AncientPoemsBalladsSongsOfThePeasantryOfEngland, Song #26, pp. 215-216,250, "The Yorkshire Horse-dealer" (1 text)
Bell-Combined-EarlyBallads-CustomsBalladsSongsPeasantryEngland, pp. 429-430, "The Yorkshire Horse-Dealer" (1 text)
ST BeCo429 (Partial)
Roud #4588
File: BeCo429

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