Weaver Loons o' Huntly, The

DESCRIPTION: "Neetle reets an' docken reets [nettle and dock roots?] Ti hale the swallin o' their queets [ankles] They are a set o' laithful breets [loathful brutes] The weyver loons o' Huntly"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: weaving
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan8 1888, "The Weaver Loons o' Huntly" (1 fragment)
Roud #13565
NOTES [33 words]: The current description is all of the Greig/Duncan8 fragment.
Greig/Duncan8 quoting Duncan's informant: "There is an old love song about the Weaver Loons o' Huntly of which I have heard a verse." - BS
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File: GrD81888

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