It's Not 'Oppin' Over 'Edges that 'Urts the 'Orse's 'Ooves

DESCRIPTION: "It's not 'oppin over 'edges that 'urts the 'orse's 'ooves, It's the 'ammer, 'ammer, 'ammer on the 'ard 'igh road, from 'Armstead 'Eath to 'Ighgate."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: horse injury
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 143, "It's not 'oppin over 'edges that 'urts the 'orse's 'ooves" (1 short text)
Roud #25536
NOTES [43 words]: Fowke's note to Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood mention a similar piece from 1856, but I'm not sure they are truly related; the problem of maintaining horses' hooves became much more acute in the nineteenth century as more roads were macadamized. - RBW
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File: KSUC143C

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