Recordings & Info 301. The Queen of Scotland
[There are no recordings in the Child Collection Index.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 3878: The Queen of Scotland (2 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Unknown
Traditional Ballad Index: Rantin' Laddie, The [Child 240]
NAME: Queen of Scotland, The [Child 301]
DESCRIPTION: The Queen tries to seduce Troy Muir; he denies her. To punish him, she has him lift up a certain stone under which a serpent waits. A passing girl draws off the snake by cutting off her breast. Troy Muir marries her. Her breast regrows to suckle their son
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1828 (Buchan)
KEYWORDS: seduction rejection trick animal injury rescue marriage childbirth royalty
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES: (1 citation)
Child 301, "The Queen of Scotland" (1 text)
Roud #3878