GLOSSARY AND INDEXES

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Frances Jenkins Olcott

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  • Waik, glade
  • Wained, carried, removed
  • Waith, wandering, roaming, straying
  • Wall-wightmen, picked, strong men
  • Waly, exclamation of admiration
  • Wan, won
  • Wap, wrap, stuff
  • War’d, expended, used
  • Warden, keeper, guardian. Warden of the March, governor of the Scotch Border
  • Warden Pies, pies made of warden pears—large pears
  • Warld, world
  • Warlock, sorcerer, wizard
  • Warse, worse
  • Warst, worst
  • Wasna, was not
  • Wassail-bout, drinking revel, carouse
  • Wat, wet
  • Wauking, watch, walk
  • Weel, well
  • Weet, wet
  • Weir, to collect and drive cattle
  • Weird, Destiny, Fate, Fortune
  • Well-kent, well-known
  • Wene, recess
  • Wer-wolf, person transformed into a wolf
  • Westlin, Western
  • Wha, who
  • Whare, where
  • Whaten, what sort, what kind
  • Whidderan, whizzing
  • Whin-bushes, furze, gorse
  • Wi’ or wi, with
  • Win, wind
  • Win in, get in
  • Winna, will not
  • Wis, know
  • Withouten or withoutten, without
  • Wodensday, Wednesday, derived from the name of the Anglo-Saxon god, Woden; which name meant “the furious” or “the mighty warrior”
  • Wold, would
  • Wold, open tract of country
  • Woned, dwelt
  • Wot, know
  • Wud, would
  • Y or I, a prefix to many Middle English words, often used (specially with past-participles) to intensify their meanings
  • Yallow, yellow
  • Yate, gate
  • Y-built, see above Y or I
  • Yer sel, yourself
  • Yett, gate
  • Yont, beyond
  • Yorlin, yellow-hammer
  • Yoursell, yourself
  • Yowlit, yowled, howled, yelped
  • Y-wis, i-wis, certainly, surely, truly, to wit, indeed
  • Y-wrought, see above Y or I

    • SUBJECT INDEX

    • Affection:
    • Child of Elle, 244;
    • Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70;
    • Fairy Tempter, 80.
    • Alfred the Great:
    • King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176.
    • Ballads, Educational Use:
    • Foreword, vii;
    • Suggestions for Teachers, 363.
    • Ballads, Literary Comment on:
    • Addison, 363;
    • Spenser, xi;
    • Stedman, 363;
    • Sydney, xii.
    • Ballads, Programme for Teaching:
    • Suggestions for Teachers, 363.
    • See also Dramatics.
    • Beltan; see May Day.
    • Bird Friends:
    • Earl of Mar’s Daughter, 115;
    • Gay Goss-Hawk, 218;
    • Singing Leaves, 131.
    • Border Ballads:
    • Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;
    • Belted Will, 47;
    • Chevy-Chase, 21;
    • Galloway Raid, 20.
    • Brothers and Sisters:
    • Fairy Tempter, 80;
    • Laidley Worm, 148;
    • Proud Lady Margaret, 62;
    • Valentine and Ursine, 314.
    • Bruce, Robert, King of Scotland: Heart of the Bruce, 333.
    • Cakes, Burning of:
    • King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176.
    • Chevy-Chase: Chevy-Chase, 21.
    • Chivalry:
    • Blancheflour and Jellyflorice, 209;
    • Child of Elle, 244;
    • Sir Galahad, 348;
    • Valentine and Ursine, 314.
    • Christ:
    • Barclay of Ury, 341;
    • Heart of the Bruce, 333;
    • Pilgrimage, 351;
    • Royal Court, 353;
    • Sir Galahad, 348.
    • Christ-Child:
    • Three Kings, 357.
    • Christmas:
    • Sir Galahad, 348;
    • Three Kings, 357.
    • Clorinda:
    • Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297.
    • Constancy:
    • Bonny Baby Livingston, 224;
    • DÆmon Lover, 7;
    • “Earl March Looked on his Dying Child,” 203;
    • Fair Anny of Roch-royal, 191;
    • Gay Goss-Hawk, 218;
    • Hynd Horn, 231;
    • Lady Clare, 59;
    • Lord Lovel, 204;
    • Mermaid, 10;
    • Sweet William’s Ghost, 276;
    • Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237.
    • Cophetua: Beggar-Maid, 214.
    • Corrievreckan: Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97.
    • Courage and Heroism:
    • Alice Brand, 81;
    • Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;
    • Chevy-Chase, 21;
    • Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70;
    • Famous Flower of Serving-Men, 65;
    • Heart of the Bruce, 333;
    • Kemp Owyne, 122;
    • Laidley Worm, 148;
    • Pilgrim, 332;
    • Robin Hood and Little John, 291;
    • Sir Patrick Spens, 3;
    • Song of the Outlaw Murray, 301.
    • See also Maids and Lassies, Brave and True.
    • Cruelty; see Retribution.
    • Dee: Sands of Dee, 190.
    • Democratic Ballads:
    • Frolicksome Duke, 169;
    • King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176;
    • King James the First and the Tinkler, 173.
    • Dramatics, Ballads Suitable for:
    • Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;
    • Ballad of the Oysterman, 164;
    • Beggar-Maid, 214;
    • Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70;
    • DÆmon Lover, 7;
    • Earl Haldan’s Daughter, 58;
    • “Earl March Looked on his Dying Child,” 203;
    • Erl-King, 86;
    • Gay Goss-Hawk, 218;
    • Glenara, 212;
    • Greeting of Kynast, 74;
    • Kemp Owyne, 122;
    • King James the First and the Tinkler, 173;
    • Lady of Shalott, 124;
    • Laidley Worm, 148;
    • Noble Riddle, 208;
    • Robin Hood and Little John, 291;
    • Stormy Winds Do Blow, 2;
    • Thomas the Rhymer, 93;
    • Tragic Story, 158;
    • Young Tamlane, 255.
    • Many other ballads in this book may be dramatized.
    • Dwarfs:
    • Alice Brand, 81;
    • Belted Will, 47.
    • Edenhall: Luck of Edenhall, 135.
    • Eildon Tree:
    • Eve of St. John, 279;
    • Thomas the Rhymer, 93.
    • See also Glossary under Eildon Tree, p. 377.
    • Elves; see Fairies.
    • Enchantment and Mystery:
    • Alice Brand, 81;
    • Earl of Mar’s Daughter, 115;
    • Fairy Thorn, 87;
    • Kemp Owyne, 122;
    • La Belle Dame sans Merci, 91;
    • Lady of Shalott, 124;
    • Laidley Worm, 148;
    • Luck of Edenhall, 135;
    • May of the Moril Glen, 138;
    • Mermaid, 10.
    • See also Fairies and Fairyland.
    • Endurance:
    • King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176;
    • Robin Hood and Little John, 291.
    • Erl-King: Erl-King, 86.
    • Ettrick:
    • Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;
    • Song of the Outlaw Murray, 301.
    • Eve of St. John; see Midsummer Day and St. John’s Day.
    • Fairies and Fairyland:
    • Alice Brand, 81;
    • Erl-King, 86;
    • Fairy Tempter, 80;
    • Fairy Thorn, 87;
    • Kilmeny, 101;
    • La Belle Dame sans Merci, 91;
    • May of the Moril Glen, 138;
    • Thomas the Rhymer, 93;
    • Young Tamlane, 255.
    • Fair Play:
    • King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176;
    • Robin Hood and Little John, 291.
    • Farm Customs: King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176.
    • Fathers:
    • Child of Elle, 244;
    • Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70;
    • Erl-King, 86.
    • Forest; see Greenwood.
    • Friendship: Royal Court, 353.
    • Ghost-story Ballads; see Halloween and Ghost Stories.
    • Giants: Valentine and Ursine, 314.
    • Goss-Hawks: Gay Goss-Hawk, 218.
    • Greenwood:
    • Alice Brand, 81;
    • Birth o’ Robin Hood, 290;
    • Fairy Tempter, 80;
    • Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297;
    • Robin Hood and Little John, 291;
    • Royal Court, 353;
    • Song of the Outlaw Murray, 301;
    • Valentine and Ursine, 314.
    • Hallowe’en and Ghost Stories:
    • DÆmon Lover, 7;
    • Eve of St. John, 279;
    • Proud Lady Margaret, 62;
    • Sir Roland, 265;
    • Skeleton in Armour, 270;
    • Sweet William’s Ghost, 276;
    • Wife of Usher’s Well, 263;
    • Young Tamlane, 255.
    • Haughtiness; see Pride and Vanity.
    • Hawthorn: Fairy Thorn, 87.
    • Heroism; see Courage and Heroism.
    • Holy Grail: Sir Galahad, 348.
    • Humour:
    • Ballad of the Oysterman, 164;
    • Brian o’Linn, 160;
    • Cinder King, 167;
    • Dicky of Ballyman, 162;
    • Frolicksome Duke, 169;
    • Greeting of Kynast, 74;
    • King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176;
    • King James the First and the Tinkler, 173;
    • Little Billee, 159;
    • May of the Moril Glen, 138;
    • Robin Hood and Little John, 291;
    • Tragic Story, 158.
    • Hunting:
    • Chevy-Chase, 21;
    • Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297.
    • James the First, King of England: King James the First and the Tinkler, 173.
    • Kelpies: Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97.
    • Knights and Ladies:
    • Alice Brand, 81;
    • Earl Haldan’s Daughter, 58;
    • Famous Flower of Serving-Men, 65;
    • Gay Goss-Hawk, 218;
    • Greeting of Kynast, 74;
    • Kemp Owyne, 122;
    • Lady Clare, 59;
    • Laidley Worm, 148;
    • Lochinvar, 215;
    • Lord Lovel, 204;
    • Proud Lady Margaret, 62.
    • Kunigunde: Greeting of Kynast, 74.
    • Kynast: Greeting of Kynast, 74.
    • Labour Day; see Democratic Ballads.
    • Laidley Worms:
    • Kemp Owyne, 122;
    • Laidley Worm, 148.
    • Little John: Robin Hood and Little John, 291.
    • Magi: Three Kings, 357.
    • Maids and Lassies, Brave and True:
    • Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;
    • Blancheflour and Jellyflorice, 209;
    • Bonny Baby Livingston, 224;
    • Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70;
    • Lady Clare, 59;
    • Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297;
    • Sweet William’s Ghost, 276;
    • Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237;
    • Young Tamlane, 255.
    • Martinmas (November 11): Wife of Usher’s Well, 263.
    • May Day or Beltan (May 1):
    • Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97;
    • The Spell, 254.
    • Mermaids:
    • Mermaid, 10;
    • Stormy Winds Do Blow, 2.
    • Midsummer Day and St. John’s Day (June 24):
    • Eve of St. John, 279;
    • The Spell, 254.
    • Moors:
    • Heart of the Bruce, 333;
    • Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237.
    • Moral Courage:
    • Barclay of Ury, 341;
    • Lady Clare, 59;
    • True Valour, 355.
    • Mothers:
    • Lady Clare, 59;
    • Valentine and Ursine, 314;
    • Wife of Usher’s Well, 263.
    • Mountain Ash; see Rowan Tree.
    • Mystery Ballads;
    • see Enchantment and Mystery;
    • also Halloween and Ghost Stories.
    • Outlaws:
    • Birth o’ Robin Hood, 290;
    • Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297;
    • Robin Hood and Little John, 291;
    • Song of the Outlaw Murray, 301.
    • Palmers; see Pilgrims and Pilgrimage.
    • Peace:
    • Peace, 356;
    • Pilgrimage, 351;
    • Royal Court, 353.
    • Pilgrims and Pilgrimage:
    • Heart of the Bruce, 333;

    • INDEX OF FIRST LINES

    • A fair girl was sitting in the greenwood shade, 80
    • A Man there came, whence none could tell, 347
    • Ah, what can ail thee, wretched wight, 91
    • And mony ane sings o’ grass, o’ grass, 290
    • And now, to be brief, let’s pass over the rest, 173
    • As I was walking all alane, 114
    • At eve last Midsummer, no sleep I sought, 254
    • Bonny Kilmeny gaed up the glen, 101
    • Brian O’Linn was a gentleman born, 160
    • Earl March looked on his dying child, 203
    • Ettrick Forest is a fair forest, 301
    • Fair Margret was a young ladye, 62
    • “Get up, our Anna dear, from the weary spinning-wheel,” 87
    • Give me my Scallop-shell of Quiet, 351
    • God prosper long our noble King, 21
    • He mounted his steed of the water clear, 97
    • Her arms across her breast she laid, 214
    • Her mother died when she was young, 122
    • “If thou canst answer me questions three,” 208
    • In elder time there was of yore, 176
    • In London was young Beichan born, 237
    • In Royal Courts my Soul hath slept, 353
    • In Scarlet Town, where I was bound, 201
    • It was a tall young Oysterman, 164
    • It was Earl Haldan’s daughter, 58
    • It was intill a pleasant time, 115
    • It was the time when lilies blow, 59
    • I will tell you of ane wondrous tale, 138
    • Listen, now, both great and simple, 70
    • Lord Lovel he stood at his castle gate, 204
    • Merry it is in the good greenwood, 81
    • My good blade carves the casques of men, 348
    • Near the King’s Court was a young child born, 231
    • Now, as fame does report, a young Duke keeps a Court, 169
    • O bonny Baby Livingston, 224
    • “O I forbid ye, maidens a’,” 255
    • “O Mary, go and call the cattle home,” 190
    • “O waly, waly, my gay goss-hawk,” 218
    • “O wha will shoe my fu fair foot,” 191
    • “O where have you been, my long, long love,” 7
    • Of Edenhall, the youthful Lord, 135
    • Oh! heard ye yon pibroch sound sad in the gale, 212
    • Oh! who rides by night thro’ the woodland so wild, 86
    • Oh! young Lochinvar is come out of the West, 215
    • On either side the river lie, 124
    • On Jura’s heath how sweetly swell, 10
    • On New Year’s Day, as I heard say, 162
    • On yonder hill a castle stands, 244
    • One Friday morn when we set sail, 2
    • She said, “This narrow chamber is not for me the place,” 74
    • “Speak! speak! thou fearful guest!” 270
    • Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell, I humbly crave, 356
    • The Baron of Smaylho’me rose with day, 279
    • The Baron of Thirlwall came from the wars, 47
    • The good Lord Douglas paced the deck, 333
    • The King is gone from Bambrough Castle, 148
    • The king sits in Dunfermline town, 3
    • The moonbeam glints on tower and hill, 32
    • The reavers of Eskdale were mounted for weir, 20
    • There came a ghost to Margret’s door, 276
    • There lived a sage in days of yore, 158
    • There lived a wife at Usher’s Well, 263
    • There was a maid, richly arrayd, 209
    • There were three sailors of Bristol city, 159
    • There were two sisters sat in a bour, 196
    • Three Kings came riding from far away, 357
    • True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank, 93
    • Up the streets of Aberdeen, 341
    • Whan he cam to his ain luve’s bouir, 265
    • What Danger is the Pilgrim in, 332
    • “What fairings will ye that I bring,” 131
    • When Flora ’gins to deck the fields, 314
    • When Robin Hood came into merry Sherwood, 297
    • When Robin Hood was about twenty years old, 291
    • Who is it that sits in the kitchen and weeps, 167
    • Who would true Valour see, 355
    • You beautious ladies, great and small, 65

    INDEX OF TITLES AND AUTHORS

    With references from titles of other ballad-versions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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