Nigel Gatherer wrote: > > > Wha saw the tattie howkers, > Wha saw them gang awa? > Wha saw the tattie howkers, > .......... the Berwick Law? > > I believe it may originate as "hawkers", based on Irish potato sellers. > No, it's to 'howk' or dig. Tattie howkers is not just Scottish, it's what they are called throughout northern England for sure (I photographed Irish tattie howkers in Yorkshire in 1968 and that was the title used for the series of pix).
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