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<onlyinclude>{{quote|The tradition of the neighbourhood is, that Robin Hood and Little John stood upon Eastwood Rocks, about 1½ miles off, and shot at this stone:—Little John's hit it, but Robin Hood's fell short of it in the valley below.<ref>{{:Unknown 1794a}}, fol. 21b or 25, cited in {{:Gutch, John Mathew 1847a}}, vol. II, p. iv, and {{:Cunningham, Allan 1838f}}, see p. 313 n.</ref>}}</onlyinclude> | <onlyinclude>{{quote|The tradition of the neighbourhood is, that Robin Hood and Little John stood upon Eastwood Rocks, about 1½ miles off, and shot at this stone:—Little John's hit it, but Robin Hood's fell short of it in the valley below.<ref>{{:Unknown 1794a}}, fol. 21b or 25, cited in {{:Gutch, John Mathew 1847a}}, vol. II, p. iv, and {{:Cunningham, Allan 1838f}}, see p. 313 n.</ref>}}</onlyinclude> | ||
Revision as of 13:40, 29 September 2018
Robin Hood's Stride to the west, Eastwood Rocks to the east.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-09-29. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-09-29.
Allusion
The tradition of the neighbourhood is, that Robin Hood and Little John stood upon Eastwood Rocks, about 1½ miles off, and shot at this stone:—Little John's hit it, but Robin Hood's fell short of it in the valley below.[1]
IRHB comments
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 315-19.
- 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
- C., A. 'The Old English Ballads.—Robin Hood.—No. VI', The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1838), pp. 313-16, see p. 313 n.
- Gutch, John Mathew, ed. A Lytell Geste of Robin Hode, with Other Ancient & Modern Ballads and Songs relating to this Celebrated Yeoman (London, 1847), vol. II, p. iv.
- [Unknown], illus. Coloured sketches of Robin Hood's Stride. 1794, 1904. British Library. Add. MS. 6318. ff. 21b, 25, ff. 21b, 25; not seen, but cf. Cunningham and Gutch above.
Notes
- ↑ [Unknown], illus. Coloured sketches of Robin Hood's Stride. 1794, 1904. British Library. Add. MS. 6318. ff. 21b, 25, fol. 21b or 25, cited in Gutch, John Mathew, ed. A Lytell Geste of Robin Hode, with Other Ancient & Modern Ballads and Songs relating to this Celebrated Yeoman (London, 1847), vol. II, p. iv, and C., A. 'The Old English Ballads.—Robin Hood.—No. VI', The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1838), pp. 313-16, see p. 313 n.