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Oh Dear me, My Granny Catched a Flea

Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date 10 July 1976
Track ID 31306
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1976.78.A17

Original Tape ID

SA1976.078

Summary

Three responses, two involving rhyme, to clichéd utterances.

Jean Rodger recites three stock responses. If someone said "Did you ever," the reply began "No, I never ..." and if someone said "Oh dear me," her granny would reply, "What's so dear aboot you, and dirt's sae cheap?" Another response was: "Oh dear me / My granny catched a flea / She salted it and peppered it / And ate it till her tea."

Recording Location

County - Angus

Parish - Forfar

Village/Place - Forfar

Language

Scots

Genre

Verse Other

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good