Hiddle Diddle Dirdie

DESCRIPTION: "Hiddle diddle dirdie, When I was a herdie." Apparently the cattle ran to the corn, the herder ran home and got a bannock. The laird took his plaid, leaving him out in the cold.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: clothes farming food animal
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan8 1633, "Hiddle Diddle Dirdie" (1 text)
Roud #13069
File: GrD81633

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