Blacksmith's Mantrap, The

DESCRIPTION: "I will tell you a tale for a mug of ale, Of a sporting lord with a large estate." His keepers cannot catch a poacher, so the lord hires a blacksmith to make a trap. Eventually they catch the blacksmith in the trap. The smith is transported for poaching
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1992 (Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
KEYWORDS: poaching nobility transportation | blacksmith
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #91, "The Blacksmith's Mantrap" (1 text)
Roud #10723
NOTES [33 words]: What seems to be the only field recording of this was by Fred Whiting. There seems to have been a poaching tradition in Whiting's area; he was also the only source for the song "Who Owns the Game?" - RBW
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File: Hows091

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