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Rhiannon wrote: I wonder whether the meaning's got any connection with the Black Pig Dyke that separates Ulster from the rest of Ireland? because there's always been movement between lowland scotland and northern ireland? a little something here http://www.scotchirish.net/The%20Plantation%20of%20Ulster.php4 and I guess you've seen stuff about the scary tailless/short-tailed/'cutty' black sow / Hwch Ddu Gwta. but then again, the bit of the ballad here (which no doubt you've seen) http://www.borderreivers.co.uk[...]Villages/Cheswick/Cheswick.htm is pretty innocuous, so maybe it was just about a Nice black sow. And no doubt pigs would be a bit more obvious thing to sing about in days gone by. Thanks for your help Rhiannon, The bit about "Cheese from Cheswick" does sound a bit innocuous, and pigs seem to have been the sings to sing about then. I would like to think that there is a connection with the, Hwch ddu Gwta, as I found a refference to an old saying, that, " If you had been on Rimside Moor at midnight, and had hold of a black sows tail, then you would not be here to tell the tale" maybe its just word play on tale and tail, and how could you hold a tailless sows tail anyway? There are other legends and ghost stories connected with Rimside, so maybe a folk memory of old has survived? Reply | with quote |  24th July 2007ce 13:02 In reply to: Re: The Black Sow Of Rimside Moor (Rhiannon) |
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