Peter Coutt's Canis

DESCRIPTION: "Peter Coutts had seven bairns Nether sheet nor plaid upo' them, Ilka ane took up a neuk An' hauled on the canis o' them, Haul on, trail on, Peter Coutts's canis"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: farming harvest family clothes
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan8 1884, "Peter Coutt's Canis" (1 text)
Roud #13570
NOTES [25 words]: The current description is all of the Greig/Duncan8 fragment.
Greig/Duncan8: "Canis as you must know was the canvas on which the winnowing was done." - BS
Last updated in version 2.5
File: GrD81884

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