Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1Bell and Daldy, 1873 |
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... Robin Hood 63 Friar Tuck 72 The Fool . • 82 94 • . 102 Scarlet , Stokesley , and Little • John Tom the Piper All Fools ' Day Shere Thursday , also Maunday Thursday . Good Friday Easter Eve Easter Day Easter Eggs Easter Holidays Lifting ...
... Robin Hood 63 Friar Tuck 72 The Fool . • 82 94 • . 102 Scarlet , Stokesley , and Little • John Tom the Piper All Fools ' Day Shere Thursday , also Maunday Thursday . Good Friday Easter Eve Easter Day Easter Eggs Easter Holidays Lifting ...
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... Robin Hood and Little John , They both are gone to the fair , And we'll go to the merry green wood , And see what they do there . For we were up as soon as any day For to fetch the summer home , The summer and the May , O , For the ...
... Robin Hood and Little John , They both are gone to the fair , And we'll go to the merry green wood , And see what they do there . For we were up as soon as any day For to fetch the summer home , The summer and the May , O , For the ...
Page 248
... Robin - hode pynnys OOO £ s . d . 0 4 0 2 4 • 0 0 3 • 99 " " For 2 M. and 0 ... Robyn - hode's cotes For 3 yerds of white for the frere's cote For 4 yerds of ... hood , and originally worn by men and soldiers , but in later times the term ...
... Robin - hode pynnys OOO £ s . d . 0 4 0 2 4 • 0 0 3 • 99 " " For 2 M. and 0 ... Robyn - hode's cotes For 3 yerds of white for the frere's cote For 4 yerds of ... hood , and originally worn by men and soldiers , but in later times the term ...
Page 249
... Robyn - hood's gaderyng 4 marks ' Reed for Robin - hood's gaderyng at Croydon 0 Paid for three brode yerds of rosett for makyng the frer's cote . Shoes for the Mores daunsars , the frere , and Mayde Maryan , at 7d . a peyre . 13 Hen ...
... Robyn - hood's gaderyng 4 marks ' Reed for Robin - hood's gaderyng at Croydon 0 Paid for three brode yerds of rosett for makyng the frer's cote . Shoes for the Mores daunsars , the frere , and Mayde Maryan , at 7d . a peyre . 13 Hen ...
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... Robin Hood and his men , dressed in Kendal , with hoods and hosen . See Holinshed's Chron . iii . 805 . In Coates's History of Reading , p . 130 , Churchwardens ' Accounts of St. Mary's parish , we have , in 1557 , - · Item , payed to ...
... Robin Hood and his men , dressed in Kendal , with hoods and hosen . See Holinshed's Chron . iii . 805 . In Coates's History of Reading , p . 130 , Churchwardens ' Accounts of St. Mary's parish , we have , in 1557 , - · Item , payed to ...
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