There's Nae Luck at Tullo's Toon

DESCRIPTION: "The maiden queen o' buttermilk She couldna get a man, To be revenged on the male sex, She tried the soor milk plan." At Tullo town "stinkin'" oatmeal and buttermilk force the men away.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: farming work food humorous nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan3 394, "There's Nae Luck at Tullo's Toon" (1 text)
Roud #5927
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Come A' Ye Buchan Laddies" (some lines)
File: GrD3394

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