Green Garters, The

DESCRIPTION: A man in (London/Belfast) courts several women. He buys each one a green garter. He meets with several of them in an alehouse, and tells them that he loves the one with the green garter. They discover they all have the garter and turn upon him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2016 (Woods-KindFriendsLendAnEar)
KEYWORDS: love courting clothes rejection trick colors infidelity | garter
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Woods-KindFriendsLendAnEar, pp. 41-43, "The Green Garters" (1 text)
Roud #29510
File: WKFL041

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