Robin Hood and his sheep

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

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-24. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-18.

"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."

Sources

• Woodruffe-Peacock, E. Adrian, compil. Lincolnshire Folk Names for Plants (Horncastle, 1894-97), p. 29.
• Gutch, Mrs, compil.; Peacock, Mabel, compil. County Folk-Lore vol. 5. Printed Extracts No. VII. Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire (Publications of the Folk-Lore Society, vol. LXIII) (London, 1908), p. 19.

Brief mention

• Gilchrist, R. Murray. The Dukeries (London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1913), p. 24.

Also see

• Robin Hood and his men.

Notes

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