“The Astrologer”

Description

A servant girl comes to consult an astrologer; he bids her come upstairs. She says she will not go upstairs with any man. He points out that she lay with her master not long before. (She flounces out -- but only after displaying the coin her master paid)

References

  1. Kinloch-BBook X, pp. 37-39, "The Astrologer" (1 text)
  2. DT, ASTROLGR*
  3. Roud #1598
  4. BI, KinBB10

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1827 (Kinloch)
Keywords: sex commerce prophecy
Found in: Britain(England(South),Scotland)