When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon

DESCRIPTION: Kearon, too old to plow, hires Johnny. But Kearon had an "enjyne" with the team which Johnny did not understand. Kearon tries it himself but cannot do it. Kearon gives him some instruction. "Johnny took heed to what Kearon had said" and finishes the job
AUTHOR: Lawrence Doyle
EARLIEST DATE: 1968 (Ives-DriveDullCareAway-PrinceEdwardIsland)
KEYWORDS: age farming technology humorous
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Dibblee/Dibblee-FolksongsFromPrinceEdwardIsland, pp. 19-20, "When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon" (1 text, 1 tune)
Ives-DriveDullCareAway-PrinceEdwardIsland, pp. 191-193,256, "When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #12480
NOTES [29 words]: Ives-DriveDullCareAway-PrinceEdwardIsland: "A story of a greenhorn's plowing mishap and how his boss decided to show him how it's done, only to wind up worse off than his pupil."
File: Dib019

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