Robin Hood and his men: Difference between revisions

From International Robin Hood Bibliography
m (Text replacement - "<div class="no-img"><p id="byline">" to "<div class="no-img"> <p id="byline">")
m (Text replacement - "__NOTOC__ " to "__NOTOC____NOEDITSECTION__ ")
Line 1: Line 1:
__NOTOC__
__NOTOC____NOEDITSECTION__
{{Infobox
{{Infobox
  |header1 =Plant name
  |header1 =Plant name

Revision as of 13:39, 18 September 2020

Plant name
Folk name Robin Hood and his men
Binomial name Pteridium aquilinum (bracken; common bracken)
First recorded c. 1895-97
Used where Lincolnshire

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-09. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-18.

"Robin Hood and his sheep" and "Robin Hood and his men" were noted in c. 1895-97 as Lincolnshire folk names for bracken: "The Bracken [sic] stalk or root just level with the ground, cut slanting so as to show its dark centre."[1]

Sources

Brief mention

Also see

Robin Hood and his sheep

Notes