Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, by George Douglas, [1901], at sacred-texts.com

THE FOX AND THE BAG-PIPES.

THE fox, being hungry one day, found a bag-pipe, and proceeded to eat the bag, which is generally, or was till lately, made of hide. There was still a remnant of breath in the bag, and when the fox bit it the drone gave a groan, when the fox, surprised but not frightened, said--

"Here is meat and music!" 2

Footnotes

91:2 A popular saying in the West Highlands.