Pigs Did Squeal, The (I Once Did Love a Girl Named Sal)

DESCRIPTION: "I once did love a girl named Sal, Each day and night I'd court her." He is about to propose when the pigs start squealing; the other animals add to the din. She feeds them; they squeal when he kisses her. He drops her rather than hear the squealing
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Thompson-BodyBootsAndBritches-NewYorkStateFolktales)
KEYWORDS: love courting animal humorous abandonment
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thompson-BodyBootsAndBritches-NewYorkStateFolktales, pp. 410-411, "(no title)" (1 text)
Roud #6604
File: TNY410

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