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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶WIGGIN, n. Appar. = the hair of the head, the “thatch”, as if a transf. use from Wig, n.1, but other versions of the song read riggin. See Riggin, n.1, and W. Walker Bards Bon-Accord (1887) 601.Abd. 1910 Rymour Club Misc. I. 145:
Puir Nappie stood hotchin' an' scratchin his pow Till he near clawed a hole in the wiggin o' it.
