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Taunting rhyme from the Shetland Folk Society collection, co...

Date 08 August 1961
Track ID 42014
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1961.89.B52

Original Tape ID

SA1961.089

Summary

Taunting rhyme from the Shetland Folk Society collection, collected by M. G. Scott.

This rhyme was used to taunt someone into taking a dare:

Cooardie, cooardie claa my nail,
I'm a man an du's a snail.

Recording Location

County - Shetland

Parish - Lerwick

Island - Shetland Mainland

Village/Place - Lerwick

Item Location

County - Shetland

Language

Scots

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good