1831 - Roby, John - Traditions of Lancashire, Second Series (3)

John Roby / Roby, John. Popular Traditions of Lancashire (London, 1843), vol. I, frontis.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-14. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

Allusion

"Like enough — like enough, though thou hast to brag for't," said the first speaker tauntingly, — an old customer of the house, and a compiler of leathern extremities for the good burghers and their wives.
 "Give o'er your gostering," said another; – "Non omnes qui citharam tenent, sunt citharædi. Many talk of Robin Hood who never shot from his bow. Know ye not 'tis Peggy's year, and her oblation hath not been rendered? Eschew therefore the rather your bravery until this night be overpast."

Source notes

The passage occurs in Roby's retelling of 'The Demon of the Well'.

Lists

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
• Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.

Sources

• Roby, John. Traditions of Lancashire. Second Series (London, 1831), vol. II, p. 116
  • Roby, John. Popular Traditions of Lancashire (London, 1843), vol. III, pp. 120-21
  • Roby, John. Traditions of Lancashire (London, 1867); not seen
  • Roby, John. Traditions of Lancashire (London; Manchester, 1872), vol. II, p. 207
  • Roby, John. Traditions of Lancashire (London; Edinburgh, 1879); not seen
  • Roby, John. Traditions of Lancashire (Manchester, [189?]); not seen
  • Roby, John; Milner, George, introd. Traditions of Lancashire (Manchester, [1906]); not seen
  • Roby, John. Traditions of Lancashire. Second Series (London; New York, 1928); not seen
  • Roby, John. Traditions of Lancashire. Second Series (London, 1930); not seen.

Background

• Wikipedia: John Roby.

Notes

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