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Thread #43409   Message #634764
Posted By: GUEST,RolyH
24-Jan-02 - 02:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Penny for the Ploughboys (Colin Cater)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Penny for the Ploughboy
According to the narrative on "Rattlebone and Ploughjack" by Ashley Hutchings etc,the Molly Dancers and the local ploughboys used to go around the locality once a year on Plough Monday begging for money with the cry "A penny for the Ploughboy,only once a year"If they came across a house of one of the local gentry who were not forthcoming they would plough up their lawn or worse, smash their windows.