View source for 1844 - Barnes, William - Miaken up a Miff

{{AllusionsItemTop|About=Robin Hood [''Lychnis flos-cuculi'' or ''Silene dioica'']|DatePrefix=|Date=|DateSuffix=|AuthorPrefix=|Author=Barnes, William|AuthorSuffix=|Title=Miakèn up a Miff|PlainTitle=|Poem=|Chronicle=|AlCat1=Robin Hood - Lychnis flos-cuculi|AlCat2=Robin Hood - Silene dioica}}
[[File:Red_campion.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Robinhood, red campion, ''silene dioica'' (photo: unknown, from Wikipedia).]]
[[File:XN Lychnis flos cuculi.jpg|thumb|460px|right|Lychnis flos-cuculi, 'Ragged Robin' or 'Robin Hood' in bloom (photo: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:XN Guido Gerding], from Wikimedia).]]<div class="no-img">
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== Allusion ==
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{{quote|Look up an' let the evemen light<br/>
But sparkle in thy eyes so bright<br/>
As th&#257;e be oben to the light<br/>
O' zunzet in the west<br/>
An' lè's stroll here var hafe an hour<br/>
Wher hangèn boughs damiake a bow'r<br/>
Upon the&#333;s bank wi' eltrot flow'r<br/>
An' <keyword>Robinhoods</keyword> a-drest.<ref>{{:Barnes, William 1844a}}, p. 105.</ref>}}</onlyinclude>

== Source notes ==
Barnes, p. 303: "Eltrot. Eldroot. In Somersetshire, Oldroot or oldroot. A. S. eald, and root. The stalk and umbel of the wild parsley."
Barnes, p. 343: "Robinhood. The red campion, ''Lychnus sylvestris'', and the Ragged Robin, ''Lychnus flos cuculi''."<br/>

== IRHB comments ==
The proper name for ''Lychnus sylvestris'' is ''Silene dioica''.<ref>See [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/5187cb206c18a30af5f6c7256347321b/synonym/b1e119f7af5a33c473e78daccd5074a8 Catalogue of Life].</ref> Several plants are known as "eltrot".<ref>See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_sphondylium Wikipedia: Heracleum_sphondylium]</ref> Barnes takes it to mean the "stalk and umbel of the wild parsley" (see Source notes section above), but "wild parsley" can again refer to several species of plant.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_(disambiguation) Wikipedia: Parsley (disambiguation)].</ref>

== Lists ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-11.
* [[Murray, James Augustus Henry 1888a|''N.E.D.'']], vol. VIII, pt. I, p. 736, ''s.n.'' Robin Hood, ''sb.'', 3 b.
* Outside scope of {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}.

== Sources ==
* {{:Barnes, William 1844a}}, p. 105.

== Background ==
* [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/5187cb206c18a30af5f6c7256347321b/synonym/b1e119f7af5a33c473e78daccd5074a8 Catalogue of Life]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_sphondylium Wikipedia: Heracleum_sphondylium]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_(disambiguation) Wikipedia: Parsley (disambiguation)].
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