Go Personate Some Noble Lord
DESCRIPTION: A woman tells her lover to "personate some noble lord." He plays cards with the father and the daughter tips her lover to her father's cards. The father loses everything and the lover offers to trade his winnings for the daughter. The lord smiles.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan5)
KEYWORDS: courting disguise trick gambling cards father
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan5 1017, "Go Personate Some Noble Lord" (1 text)
Roud #6721
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "South Coast" (plot elements)
File: GrD1017
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