Nethermill

DESCRIPTION: The singer hires to Swaggers to be second man plowing. But first he is sent to the mill. They eat at seven, clean horses at eight, plow all day through leisure hour: "there is na time to spare." Beware of hiring to Swaggers at Netherhill.
AUTHOR: William Forsyth (source: Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #19, p. 2)
EARLIEST DATE: 1908 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: farming work ordeal
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #179, pp. 1-2, "Nethermill" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan3 387, "Nethermill" (1 text)
Roud #5921
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Swaggers" (subject)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Nethermill, Tarves
NOTES [37 words]: Greig/Duncan3 has a map on p. xxxv, of "places mentioned in songs in volume 3" showing the song number as well as place name; Nethermill (387) is at coordinate (h3-4,v8-9) on that map [roughly 18 miles N of Aberdeen]. - BS
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