Ye Gae But to Your Beef-Stan'

DESCRIPTION: Cut a slice of meat -- but don't cut your hand -- for Besuthian. "Hogmanay!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1911 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: request food begging ritual nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast 161, p. 2, ("Ye gae but to your beef stan'") (1 fragment)
Greig/Duncan3 643, "Ye Gae But to Your Beef-Stan'" (1 text)
Roud #6076
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Besuthian" (subject) and information there
cf. "Get Up Gudewife" (subject) and references there
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Besuthan
NOTES [46 words]: Greig: "Miss Bell Robertson ... says [the rhyme] was sung by a man who came through Rosehearty begging when her grandmother was a girl, circ. 1775.... After singing the rhyme the man cried "Hogmanay!" - BS
For what little is known of the word "Besuthian," see "Besuthian." - RBW
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