“Jock Gheddes and the Soo”
Description
Jock's mother warned him to "Come hame sober" but Jock "as usual soon forgot." Arriving home he falls in a dung hill where a sow, liking the smell, licks his mouth. Jock wakes, "spat for near an hour," has the pig killed, and has not had whisky since.
Cross references
- cf. "Courtin' in the Stable (The Workin' Steer)" (plot)
- cf. "Doran's Ass [Laws Q19]" (plot)
Recordings
- Willie Scott, "Jock Gheddes and the Soo" (on Voice13)
References
- Roud #5130
- BI, RcJGatSo