Ole Granny Rattletrap

DESCRIPTION: "Ole Granny Rattletrap, Settin' on a log, Finger on the trigger, And eye on a hawg."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: hunting animal
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, John Foster West, "Folklore of a Mountain Childhood," Vol. XVI, No. 3 (Nov 1968), p. 166, "(Ole Granny Rattletrap)" (1 text); article reprinted (with text reset) in Vol. LII, No. 3 (Nov 1968), p. 8
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, W. Amos Abrams, "Time Was: Its Lore and Language," Vol. XIX, No. 2 (Mar 1971), p. 43, "(Ole Granny Rattletrap)" (1 text)
File: NCG163OG

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