1831 - Roby, John - Traditions of Lancashire, Second Series (4)

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

"How long run we on through these great blubbering waves, ere we end our voyage? This night wind is worse than a Robin Hood's thaw."

Source notes

The passage occurs in Roby's retelling of 'The Lost Farm; or, The Haunted Casket'.

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. 251
  • Roby, John. Popular Traditions of Lancashire (London, 1843), vol. III, p. 253
  • Roby, John. Traditions of Lancashire (London, 1867); not seen
  • Roby, John. Traditions of Lancashire (London; Manchester, 1872), vol. II, p. 290
  • 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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