The Duke of Athole's Nurse

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The Duke of Athole's Nurse is Child ballad number 212.

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A man looks to meet his love -- sometimes through the intermediary of the Duke of Athole's nurse -- and is directed to wait for her at an inn; she will come in the morning. Armed men come instead.

In most variants, he pleads with the innkeeper, who dresses him as a woman and sets him baking, so that the men do not find him.

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