Poll and Nancy Hogan

DESCRIPTION: In a town with a strange name live Poll and Nancy Hogan. She buys two pigs. Someone cuts off their tails. Nancy takes them to court. Everyone goes drinking after they leave court. Poll dies on a Saturday, Nancy the next Sunday. Give them a cheer
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Palmer-SongsOfTheMidlands)
KEYWORDS: home animal injury trial drink death | pig tail
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-SongsOfTheMidlands, pp. 80-81, "Poll and Nancy Hogan" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1130
File: PFSM080

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