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Posted By: A Wandering Minstrel
01-May-03 - 08:26 AM
Thread Name: Bawdy Northumbrian 'Yankee Doodle' song
Subject: RE: Bawdy Northumbrian 'Yankee Doodle' song
re your translations above...
Cuddys Houghs (pronounced Huffs) = donkeys backside. Newcastle equivalent of "Rough as a badgers a**e". To "Cruck yer Houghs" is to sit down.
Haigh-lowed = heavily seamed or furrowed, wrinkled in this context
The song is a morality tale of sorts as shoemakers were considered a very poor catch as a husband.