Roud 161: Riddles Wisely Expounded (68 Versions)
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Roberts & Agey, In the Pine (1978) pp.1-4
Performer
Place collected USA : Kentucky : Clay County
Collector Estep, Marie
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source McNeil, Southern Folk Ballads 2 (1988) pp.116-118
Performer Creighton, Mildred
Place collected USA : Kentucky : Carrie
Collector Foss, George
LAY THE BENT TO THE BONNIE BROOM
Source Stokoe & Reay, Songs & Ballads of Northern England (1899) pp.56-57
Performer
Place collected England : (Northern)
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LAY THE BENT TO THE BONNY BROOM
Source English Dance & Song 32:1 (1970) p.19
Performer
Place collected England : (Northern)
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LAY THE BENT TO THE BONNY BROOM
Source Whittaker, North Countrie Ballads Songs & Pipe-Tunes 1 (1921) pp.54-56
Performer
Place collected England : Northumberland
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NOBLE RIDDLE WISELE EXPOUNDED, A; or, THE MAID'S ANSWER TO THE KNIGHT'S THREE QUESTIONS
Source Euing Ballads pp.411-412
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NOBLE RIDDLE WISELY EXPOUNDED, A
Source Palmer, Everyman's Book of British Ballads (1980) pp.197-200
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THERE WAS A LADY IN THE WEST
Source Broadwood, English County Songs (1893) pp.6-7
Performer
Place collected England : Northumberland : Mitford
Collector Mason, M.H.
THREE SISTERS, THE
Source Gundry, Canow Kernow p.6
Performer
Place collected England : Cornwall
Collector
UNCO KNICHT'S WOOING, THE
Source Lyle, Andrew Crawfurd's Collection of Ballads & Songs 1 (1975) pp.113-114
Performer Macqueen, Mary (Mrs. Storie)
Place collected Scotland : Renfrewshire : Lochwinnoch
Collector Crawfurd, Andrew
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source BRI Records BRI 002 (`Virginia Traditions: Ballads from British Tradition'
Performer Gladden, Texas
Place collected USA : Virginia : Salem
Collector Lomax, Alan & Elizabeth
DEVIL'S QUESTIONS, THE
Source Chase, American Folk Tales & Songs (1956) pp.110-111
Performer
Place collected USA
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LADY BENT TO THE BONNY BROOM
Source Wm. Thackeray's broadside list (c1689)
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LAY THE BENT TO THE BONNIE BROOM
Source Bruce & Stokoe, Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1881) pp.76-77
Performer
Place collected England : Northumbria
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RIDDLE WITTILY EXPOUNDED, A
Source Farmer, Merry Songs & Ballads (1897) 3 pp.78-82
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RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Bulletin of the Folksong Society of the Northeast 10 (1935) pp.8-10
Performer Mixer, Frank S.
Place collected USA : Maine : Greenwood Mountain
Collector Mixer, Florence E.
THREE RIDDLES, THE
Source Bulletin of the Folksong Society of the Northeast 12 (1937) pp.8-10
Performer Mixer, Miss Florence E.
Place collected USA : Maine : Stonington
Collector Barry, Phillips
CHILD RIDDLES
Source Brown, North Carolina Folklore 4 (1957) pp.331-333
Performer Barker, Horton
Place collected USA : N. Carolina : Boone
Collector Abrams, W. Amos
COME LISTEN
Source Jones, Sweet Sussex p.20
Performer
Place collected England : Sussex
Collector Broadwood, John
DAMSEL IN THE WEST, THE
Source Reynardson, Sussex Songs p.45
Performer
Place collected England : Sussex
Collector Broadwood, John
DEVIL AND THE NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Davis, More Traditional Ballads of Virginia (1960) pp.3-7 (version AA)
Performer Martin, Mrs. Rill
Place collected USA : Virginia : Mechanicsburg
Collector Peel, Alfreda M.
DEVIL AND THE NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Davis, More Traditional Ballads of Virginia (1960) pp.3-7 (version BB)
Performer Martin, Mrs. Rill
Place collected USA : Virginia : Mechanicsburg
Collector Peel, Alfreda M.
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Lomax, Folk Songs of North America (1960) p.180
Performer Gladden, Texas
Place collected USA : Virginia : Salem
Collector Lomax, Alan
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Bronson, Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads 1 pp.3-8 (version 5)
Performer Martin, Mrs. Rill
Place collected USA : Virginia : Giles County
Collector Peel, Alfreda M.
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Bronson, Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads 1 pp.3-8 (version 6)
Performer Gladden, Mrs. Texas
Place collected USA : Virginia : Salem
Collector Lomax, Alan & Elizabeth
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Moore, Ballads & Folk Songs of the Southwest pp.5-6
Performer Jones, Mrs. Ota
Place collected USA : Oklahoma : Tahlequah
Collector Moore, Ethel & Chauncey O.
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Botkin, Treasury of Southern Folklore pp.717-718
Performer Gladden, Mrs. Texas
Place collected USA : Virginia : Salem
Collector Lomax, Alan
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Davis, Traditional Ballads of Virginia (1929) pp.59-60, 549
Performer Martin, Mrs. Rill
Place collected USA : Virginia : Giles County
Collector Peel, Alfreda M.
DEVIL'S QUESTIONS, THE
Source Gainer, Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills p.3
Performer Kelley, Blanche
Place collected USA : West Virginia : Gilmer County
Collector Gainer, Patrick W.
INTER DIABOLUS ET VIRGO
Source Child, Vol.5 (Additions & Corrections) pp.283-284 (No.1)
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LAY THE BENT TO THE BONNY BROOM
Source Chappell, Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859 edn.) 2 pp.530-531
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NINE QUESTIONS
Source Boette, Singa Hipsy Doodle p.36
Performer Tuckwiller, Margaret Moomaw
Place collected USA : W. Virginia : Lewisburg
Collector Richardson, Vivian
NOBLE RIDDLE WISELY EXPOUNDED, A
Source Child, Vol.1 pp.1-6 (No.1) (version a)
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RIDDLE WISELY EXPOUNDED, A
Source Bronson, Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads 1 pp.3-8 (version 1)
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RIDDLE WITTILY EXPOUNDED, A
Source D'Urfey, Wit and Mirth or Pills to Purge Melancholy (1719-1720) 4 pp.129-132
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RIDDLES WISELY EXPANDED
Source Hodgart, Faber Book of Ballads (1965) pp.25-26
Performer
Place collected Scotland
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RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Leach, Ballad Book pp.47-51 (version a)
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RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Leach, Ballad Book pp.47-51 (version b)
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RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Leach, Ballad Book pp.47-51 (version c)
Performer
Place collected USA : Maine
Collector
RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Coffin, Brit. Trad. Ballad in N. America (1977 edn.) pp.22-23, 209
Performer
Place collected USA / Canada
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RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Grigson, Penguin Book of Ballads pp.36-37
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RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Friedmann, Penguin Book of Folk Ballads pp.3-7 (version a)
Performer
Place collected Scotland
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RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Friedmann, Penguin Book of Folk Ballads pp.3-7 (version b)
Performer
Place collected USA : Maine
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RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Leach, The Book of Ballads (1967) pp.13-15
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RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Child, Vol.5 (Additions & Corrections) p.204 (No.1) (version e)
Performer
Place collected England : Northumberland
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THERE WAS A LADY IN THE WEST
Source Bronson, Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads 1 pp.3-8 (version 3)
Performer
Place collected England : Northumberland
Collector
THERE WAS A LADY IN THE WEST
Source Mason, Nursery Rhymes & Country Songs (1909 edn.) p.31
Performer Mitford Family
Place collected England : Northumberland
Collector Mason, M.H.
THERE WAS A MAN LIVED IN THE WEST
Source Flanders, Ancient Ballads Traditionally Sung in New England 1 pp.45-50 (version a)
Performer Eldred, Mrs. Hattie Eldredge
Place collected USA : Vermont : Hardwick
Collector Olney, Marguerite
THREE RIDDLES, THE
Source Bronson, Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads 1 pp.3-8 (version 7)
Performer Mixer, Florence
Place collected USA : Maine : Stonington
Collector
THREE SISTERS, THE
Source Bronson, Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads 1 pp.3-8 (version 4)
Performer
Place collected England : Cornwall
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THREE SISTERS, THE
Source Child, Vol.1 pp.1-6 (No.1) (version b)
Performer
Place collected England
Collector
THREE SISTERS, THE
Source Gilbert, Some Ancient Christmas Carols (2nd edn., 1823) pp.65-67
Performer
Place collected England : (West)
Collector Gilbert, Davies
UNCO KNICHT'S WOUING, THE
Source Lyle, Scottish Ballads pp.76-77
Performer Macqueen, Mary
Place collected Scotland
Collector
UNCO KNICHT'S WOWING, THE
Source Child, Vol.1 pp.1-6 (No.1) (version c)
Performer Storie, Mrs.
Place collected Scotland
Collector
UNCO KNICHT'S WOWING, THE
Source Child, Vol.1 pp.1-6 (No.1) (version d)
Performer
Place collected Scotland
Collector
WHAT IS ROUNDER THAN A RING
Source Flanders, Ancient Ballads Traditionally Sung in New England 1 pp.45-50 (version b)
Performer Sullivan, Mrs. Ellen M.
Place collected USA : Vermont : Springfield
Collector Flanders, Helen Hartness
WHAT IS WHITER THAN THE MILK
Source Flanders, Ancient Ballads Traditionally Sung in New England 1 pp.45-50 (version c)
Performer Hough, Mrs. Anna Fiske
Place collected USA : Vermont : Brandon
Collector Olney, Marguerite
COME LISTEN
Source Broadwood, Old English Songs (1843) p.29
Performer
Place collected England : Sussex
Collector Broadwood, John
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Library of Congress AFS L1 / Rounder CD 1511 ('Anglo-American Ballads 1')
Performer Gladden, Mrs. Texas
Place collected USA : Virginia : Salem
Collector Lomax, Alan & Elizabeth
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, THE
Source Rounder CD 1800 ('Ballad Legacy')
Performer Gladden, Texas
Place collected USA : Virginia : Salem
Collector Lomax, Alan
RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source WPA Collection, Univ. of Virginia, Charlotteville, No.1195
Performer Gladden, Mrs. Texas
Place collected USA : Virginia : Salem
Collector Ballard, Mildred
THERE WAS AN OLD MAN LIVED IN THE WEST
Source Helen Hartness Flanders Collection (Middlebury College, Vermont) T10 A 07
Performer Eldred, Harriet Eldredge
Place collected USA : Vermont : Hardwick
Collector Flanders, Helen Hartness
DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS
Source Max Hunter Collection (Springfield-Greene County Library, Missouri) 1495 (MFH 997)
Performer Philley, Nancy
Place collected USA : Arkansas : Fayetteville
Collector Hunter, Max
RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
Source Helen Hartness Flanders Collection (Middlebury College, Vermont) D1 B 06
Performer Hough, Anna Fiske
Place collected USA: Vermont: Brandon
Collector Flanders, Helen Hartness
RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED; or, THE DEVIL'S TEN QUESTIONS
Source Niles, Ballads, Carols and Tragic Legends (1937) pp.2-3
Performer
Place collected USA : N. Carolina : Cherokee County
Collector Niles, John Jacob
NINETY-NINE AND NINETY
Source Veteran VTC7CD ('It was on a Market Day 2')
Performer Wesley, Jeff
Place collected England: Northamptonshire : Whittlebury
Collector Howson, John
LADY IN THE WEST, A
Source Lucy Broadwood MSS (Vaughan Williams Memorial Library) LEB/4/26
Performer Fone, Sam
Place collected England : Devon : Mary Tavy
Collector Baring Gould, Sabine
THREE SISTERS, THE
Source Anne Gilchrist MSS Collection (Vaughan Williams Memorial Library) AGG/3/4/8a
Performer
Place collected England
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