Part 3 — GLOSSARY AND INDEXES

GLOSSARY

A’, all

Aboon, above

Abune, above

Acton, stuffed leather jacket worn under coat-of-mail

Ae, one, single, sole, mere

Aff, off, oft

Aften, often

Aiblins, perhaps

Aik, oak

Ain, own

Airn, iron

Alake, alas!

Alane, alone

Amang, among

An, and

Ance, once

Ane, one

Ankers, anchors

Anse, once

Ask, newt, lizard

Atabal, Moorish kettledrum

Attour, above

Auld, old

Awa’ or awa, away

Awn, own

Ayme, aim

Bairn or bairnie, child

Baith, both

Bale, fire, faggot

Ban, band

Bane, bone

Bartizan, a small overhanging turret jutting out from the top of a tower

Bash, beat, smash in

Beacon, a fire lighted on a height as a danger signal to call together warriors to repel the enemy

Bedeen, immediately, forthwith; often used as an expletive, or as a rhyme-word at the end of a line

Belay, lie in the way for

Beltan or Beltane, a Celtic pagan festival celebrated on May Day or May 3d, by lighting bonfires on hilltops

Bent, coarse grass, open field, sandy knoll covered with coarse grass, the hollow of a hill

Berserk, ancient Norse warrior who raged with fury in battle

Bigged, built

Bigly, pleasant to live in, spacious

Billie, comrade, brother

Birk, birch

Birkie, lively

Birling, drinking

Bla, blow

Black Rood Stone, The Black Rood of Melrose, a crucifix of supposedly great sanctity

Blee, colour, complexion

Blew, blue

Blin, cease, stop

Blude, blood

Borrow, set free, deliver, ransom

Boud, behoved, was obliged

Bouir, bower

Boun’, bound, bound home

Bour, bower

Bout, bolt

Bower or bowir, lady’s chamber, a house, a rustic cottage

Bra’, fine, handsome, brave

Brae, down, a slope of a hill

Braid, broad. “A braid letter”; a letter on a broad sheet, or a long letter

Brak, broke

Brake, thicket, a place overgrown with ferns, shrubs, and brambles

Brash, sickness

Brast, burst

Brattle, race, hurry

Braw, comely, handsome, well-dressed

Bree, brows, eyebrows

Brode, breed

Broom, the Genista, a shrub with bright golden flowers

Bughts, pens

Burd alone, by himself, solitary

Burn, brook

Busked, dressed, adorned

But and, and also

Bygane, gone by

Byre, cow-house

Cade lamb, lamb brought up by hand, pet lamb

Callant, lad

Cam’ or cam, came

Capapie, cap-à-pié, from head to foot. Armed cap-à-pié, armed from head to foot

Carl or carle, churl

Carline, old woman, peasant woman

Carlish, churlish, uncivilized

Carp, tell tales, sing or chant ballads

Castle-yate, castle-gate

Caul or cauld, cold

Channerin’, fretting

Chaps, jaw, chops

Cheik, cheek

Child or childe, a youth of gentle birth

Christentie, Christendom

Claith, cloth

Claymore, large sword

Cleedin, clothing

Clour, bump on the head from a heavy blow

Clouted, heavy and patched

Clouted cream, clotted cream

Cloutie, patched, ragged

Coft, bought

Cold, could

Contrair, contrary, opposed

Corbie, raven

Cosh, quiet

Coud, could

Couldna, could not

Couthy, friendly, kind, loving

Cow-me-doo, Coo-my-dove, loving name for a dove

Craig, neck, throat

Craw, crow

Crawed, crowed

Cum, come, came

Cumbruk, cambric

Cushat, ring-dove, wood-pigeon

Dae, doe

Dantonit, daunted

Daunton, daunt, subdue

Daw, dawn

Dean or den, dell, narrow glen

Death-thraw, death-struggle

Dee, do, die

Degree, rank. “Served him in his own degree,” offered him respect according to his rank

Deil, Devil

Dinna, do not

Dochter, daughter

Doo, dove

Dought, should be able tot can

Doun, down

Dour or doure, hard, severe, savage

Dove, word of endearment for one pure and gentle

Downa, cannot

Drap, drop

Drapp’d, dropped

Dree, be able, stand. “As fast as he might dree,” as fast as he could, undergo, suffer

Drumlie, gloomy

Duddis, poor clothes, tatters, duds

Dule, grief

Dun, dark coloured, of a dull brown colour

Dune, done

Eccho, echo

Eche, each

E’e or ee, eye

Effeir, pomp, circumstance, bearing, garb, panoply

Eident, unrestingly

Eildon, a high hill with three-pointed summit, overlooking Melrose town. Eildon Tree, the spot where Thomas the Rhymer is supposed to have uttered his prophecies

Eiry, eery, weird, dreary, gloomy, fear-inspiring

Eldern, old

Elritch, elvish

Elyed, vanished

Eneuch, enough

Enoo, enough

Ere, ever

Erle, earl

Erlish, elvish

Erst, first, formerly

Even cloth, smooth cloth, with nap well shorn

Eve of St. John, Midsummer Day, June 24

Eyne, eyes

Fa’ or fa, fall, befall

Faem or faeme, foam

Fairing, gift, present given at a fair

Fallow deer, small European deer, of a fallow, or pale yellow colour

Fand, found

Fa’se, false

Fashes, troubles

Faulds, folds

Faured, favoured

Fause, false

Feckless, weak, feeble, silly

Fee, wealth

Feircly, fiercely

Fell, sharply, severely, keen, eager

Fere, mate, consort, companion

Ferlie, marvel, wonder

Fidge, fidget

Flang, flung about, skipped

Flatter, float

Flee, flay

Flude, flood

Forbode, “Over God’s forbode”; God forbid!

Forfaulted, forfeited

Forgather, meet

Forhooyed, forsook

Fornenst, opposite to

Fou, full

Frae, from

Freit, a good or bad omen

Frith, wood, enclosed land

Fu’ or fu, very, full, very much, fully

Gad, bar

Gae, go

Galliard, an old-time brisk dance

Gane, suffice, gone

Gang, go

Gar, make, cause, do

Garr’d, made, caused

Gear, possessions, property, cattle

Geck, mock

Gerfalcon, large falcon of the Northlands

Gi’d, went

Gie, give

Gien, given

Gif, if

Gillore, gallore, in plenty

Gimp, jimp, slender

Gin, if, suppose, granted it be so, whether

Glaive, sword

Gleg, spry, quick

Gleid, spark

Gloamin, twilight

Good b’w’ ye, good be with ye, good-bye, derived from the phrase “God be with you,” or “with ye”

Gos-hawk or goss-hawk, large hawk

Goud, gold

Gouden, golden

Goun, gown

Goups, handfuls

Goved, stared

Gowan, daisy

Gowd, gold

Gowdn, golden

Graith, make ready

Grange, farmhouse with outer buildings

Gratte, wept, cried

Greet, weep

Grew hound, greyhound, grey

Grewis, greyhounds

Groat, old English silver coin worth fourpence issued from 1351-1662

Gude, good

Gudely, goodly

Guid, good

Guise, manner, behaviour

Gurly, grim, growling, surly

Gyant, giant

Ha’ or ha, hall

Had, hold

Hadna or hadnae, had not

Hae, have

Haggis, Scotch dish made of a sheep’s maw filled with minced meat, onions, and other ingredients mixed and cooked with oatmeal

Hail, whole

Half-fou, two pecks, half a bushel

Haly, holy

Hame, home

Han, hand

Hap, chance, fortune

Happed, covered, wrapped

Haud, hold, keep

Hauld, hold

Hay, “Went forth to view the hay,” went to see how the hay was coming on

Heely, slowly, gently

Her lane, by herself

Heugh, steep hill, glen with overhanging sides

Hie, haste, high

Hindberrye, wild raspberry

Hing, hang

Hingers, hangers

Hinny or hinnie, honey

His lane, by himself

Holland or hollin, coarse linen, unbleached or dyed brown

Holt, piece of woodland, a woody hill

Holy Grail, the holy cup, used by the Lord Christ at the Last Supper, was called in medieval romances, “The Holy Grail”

Houf, haunt

Hoysed, hoisted

Hurden, coarse linen or hempen fabric

Hye or hie, haste

Hynd, Hynde, or Hind, young, courteous, gracious, gentle

Hypp, fruit of the dog-rose

I’ or i, in

Ilk or ilka, every, each

Intill, into, in

Its lane, by itself

Jaw, wave

Jawes, surges

Jet, strut

Jimp, slender, slim

Jimply, barely, scarcely, hardly, narrowly

Joup, petticoat

Kaim, comb

Kaimin, combing

Kane, tribute

Kell, a cap of network for a woman’s hair

Kemb, comb

Kemed, combed

Ken, know

Kendna, did not know

Kenned or kend, knew

Kep, catch, stop

Keppit, caught

Kirk, church

Kittle, difficult to manage, risky, ticklish

Knaw, know

Kynast, castle in Northern Germany

Kythe, appear

Laddie, diminutive of lad

Laidley, loathly, loathsome

Laird, squire, lord of the manor, owner of lands

Laith, loath

Lan, land

Lane, lone

Lanely, lonely

Lang, long

Lap, sprang, leaped

Lappered, clotted

Lat, let

Laverock, lark

Lax, relief

Lease, lease (of bucks), three bucks

Leme, gleam

Lend, grant, give

Lettn, let

Leven, lawn, glade, open ground in the forest

Leveret, hare

Liffe, life

Lift, air, sky

Liften, lifted

Lighters, horse-blinders or blinkers

Liken, make like

Lish, lithe, supple, agile

Lither, lazy, idle, worthless, wicked

Littand, staining, defiling

Live-lang, live-long

Lo’ed, loved

Lood, loved

Loof, palm of the hand

Loon, fellow, rogue

Loot, let, allowed

Lout, bend, bow, lean

Lowed, glowed

Lown, calm, serene, silent, quiet

Lug, ear

Luve, love

Lyart, grey, hoary

Lydder, lazy, idle, loathsome

Lyon’s moods, this possibly means like the mood or pluck of lions; authorities differ as to readings

Lyth, member, joint

Mae, more

Maik or maike, mate

Mair, more

Make, mate, consort

March or Marches, border-frontier, the boundary between England and Scotland. Warden of the March, governor of the Scotch Border

Marrow, mate, wife, husband

Martinmas, mass or feast of St. Martin, November 11

Maun, must

Maunna, must not

Mavis, thrush

May, maid

Meet, scant, close

Meikle, much, great

Merl or merle, blackbird

Merk or mark, about 13s. 4d. in the English money of the time

Mess, mass

Mickle, much, great

Middle, waist

Midsummer Day, June 24

Minny or minnie, mother

Mirk, dark

Mither, mother

Monmouth Cap, flat round cap formerly worn by English soldiers and sailors. Shakespeare mentions it in Henry V

Mony or monie, many, money

Mote, may

Mountain-mere, mountain-lake

Muir, moor

Na, no, not

Nae, no

Naething, nothing

Nane, none

Nappy, heady, strong

Neer, never, ne’er

Neest, nearest, next

Neir, never, ne’er

Neist, next

Nicht, night

Nowt, neat cattle

Nurice or nourice, nurse

O’ or o, of

O’erword, refrain, call, cry

Ony, any

Ower, over

Owre, before, over

Palfray, small saddle-horse for ladies, palfrey

Pall, cloak, mantle

Palmer, Pilgrim returned from Holy Land bearing, as a badge, a branch of palm

Paughty, haughty

Philabeg, highland kilt

Pibroch, a Highland dirge or martial air, a kind of wild, irregular music, performed on the bagpipe

Pickle, choice

Pin, an implement for raising the latch of a door, see tirled

Pine, suffering, pain

Plait, fold, plate

Plate-jack, coat-armour

Pock-puddings, bag-puddings

Prie, attain

Prieven, attained

Prin, pin

Pu’ or pu, pull

Pu’d, pulled

Putten, put

Quarry, slaughtered game

Quean, saucy girl or young woman

Rad, afraid

Rade, rode

Rae, roe

Raike, range

Rail, woman’s jacket

Ravin, violent

Raw, row

Ray, array

Reavers, robbers

Reaving, thieving, robbing

Rede, counsel

Reek, smoke

Reifed, stolen, plundered

Reifery, robbery, plundering

Rife, abounding

Rins, runs

Rock, distaff used in spinning

Rode or Rood, Holy Cross, crucifix, see also Black Rood of Melrose

Roul, roll

Roun’ or roun, round, around about

Rowan Tree, mountain ash, which is also called the Fairies’ tree because Witches and Evil Spirits are said to fear it

Rowed, rolled, wound

Rowt, roar

St. John’s Eve, Midsummer Day, June 24

Sae, so

Saft, soft, softly

Saikless, innocent

Sained, crossed, blessed, hallowed

Sair, sore, painful, very much

Sail, shall

Satten, satin

Saul, soul

Saut, salt

Sax, six

Scallop-shell, a small fluted shell. In the middle ages, Pilgrims used to wear scallop-shells as badges of their pilgrimage

Scaur, steep bank overhanging a river, a cliff

Scorke, struck

Scot-free, the word “scot” means payment, fine, reckoning, tax. Scot-free means free from payment; also, without harm, unhurt, safe

Screen, plaid, cloak, large scarf thrown over the head

Scrip, small bag, Pilgrim’s pouch

Sea-maw, gull, sea mew

Sen, sent

Sets with, suits

Seymar, loose robe

Share of Truth, ploughshare of Truth—used as figurative language

Shathmont, measure from top of extended thumb to the extremity of palm—six inches

Shaw, thicket, copse

Sheave, slice.

Sheen, bright, shining

Sheugh, trench, ditch, furrow

Shoon, shoes

Shot-window, projecting window in the stair case of old Scotch wooden house

Sic, such

Sichin, sighing

Sicken, such

Siller, silver

Simmer, summer

Sin, since

Sin, “Thankless sins the gifts he gets,” probably means to hold them in slight esteem. (Footnote in Scott)

Skaith, harm, an injury

Skald, ancient Scandinavian poet or bard

Skaw, promontory or low cape

Skeely, skilful

Skelping, moving rapidly

Skoal, hail!

Sleeks, makes smooth

Slogan, war-cry of the Scottish Highlanders

Sma or sma’, small

Snaw, snow

Snell, sharp, keen, shrill, bitter

Snickersnee, sailor’s sheath-knife or bowie knife

Snood, hair-band

Snoove, go smoothly and constantly

Solan, gannet, solan-goose

Solempne, solemn

Sommer, summer

Sonsy or Sonsie, plump

Sorning, spunging, obtruding

Soudron or Southron, southern, the English

Spak, spake, spoke

Spankie, sprightly, friskly, smart

Speer, ask

Sperthe, battle-axe

Spier, spear

Sta, stole

Stane, stone

Stead, dwelling-place

Steek, stitch

Step minnie, stepmother

Stern-light, starlight

Stour or stoure, dust, skirmish, struggle, battle

Stown, stolen

Strack, struck

Stran, strand

Strang, strong

Strath, valley thro’ which a river runs

Stron, the end of a ridge of hills

Stude, stood

Sucket, sugar-plum

Suld, should

Sune, soon

Swa’d, swelled

Syke, marsh

Syle, soil

Syne, then, afterward, since

Tae, toe

Ta’en or taen, taken

Taffetie, taffeta

Taiglit, tarried

Taiken, token

Tak, take

Tald, told

Tale, number, count

Tane, taken

Tauld, told

Teind, tithe

Tent, take care of, watch, guard

Tent, Spanish wine of a deep red colour

Termagant, a pagan deity, whom the Crusaders said was worshipped by the Mohammedans

Tett, lock of hair or of a mane

Thae, thesef those

Then, than

Thie, thigh

Thimber, heavy, massive

Thir, those, these

Thysell, thyself

Till, to

Tinkler, tinker

Tint, lost

Tirled or tirld, twist or rattle. “Tirld at the pin,” see Pin

Tod, fox

Toom, empty

Touchstone, a kind of compact stone used to test gold and silver

Toun, hamlet, farmhouse

Trailed, dragged

Tree, wood, made of wood

Trow, trust, believe, think

Tryst, appointed place of meeting, also appointment to meet

Turtle-doo, turtle-dove

Twa, two

Twae, two

Twin’d, deprived, parted

Ugsome, exciting disgust, abhorrent

Ummeled, unmixed, pure

Upgive, avow, own up

Upo, on, to, with, at, in

Vair, squirrel-fur

Vaunt-brace, armour for the body

Verra, very

Wa’ or wa, wall

Wad, would

Wae, woe

Waik, glade

Wained, carried, removed

Waith, wandering, roaming, straying

Wall-wightmen, picked, strong men

Waly, exclamation of admiration

Wan, won

Wap, wrap, stuff

War’d, expended, used

Warden, keeper, guardian. Warden of the March, governor of the Scotch Border

Warden Pies, pies made of warden pears—large pears

Warld, world

Warlock, sorcerer, wizard

Warse, worse

Warst, worst

Wasna, was not

Wassail-bout, drinking revel, carouse

Wat, wet

Wauking, watch, walk

Weel, well

Weet, wet

Weir, to collect and drive cattle

Weird, Destiny, Fate, Fortune

Well-kent, well-known

Wene, recess

Wer-wolf, person transformed into a wolf

Westlin, Western

Wha, who

Whare, where

Whaten, what sort, what kind

Whidderan, whizzing

Whin-bushes, furze, gorse

Wi’ or wi, with

Win, wind

Win in, get in

Winna, will not

Wis, know

Withouten or withoutten, without

Wodensday, Wednesday, derived from the name of the Anglo-Saxon god, Woden; which name meant “the furious” or “the mighty warrior”

Wold, would

Wold, open tract of country

Woned, dwelt

Wot, know

Wud, would

Y or I, a prefix to many Middle English words, often used (specially with past-participles) to intensify their meanings

Yallow, yellow

Yate, gate

Y-built, see above Y or I

Yer sel, yourself

Yett, gate

Yont, beyond

Yorlin, yellow-hammer

Yoursell, yourself

Yowlit, yowled, howled, yelped

Y-wis, i-wis, certainly, surely, truly, to wit, indeed

Y-wrought, see above Y or I

SUBJECT INDEX

Affection:

Child of Elle, 244;

Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70;

Fairy Tempter, 80.

Alfred the Great:

King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176.

Ballads, Educational Use:

Foreword, vii;

Suggestions for Teachers, 363.

Ballads, Literary Comment on:

Addison, 363;

Spenser, xi;

Stedman, 363;

Sydney, xii.

Ballads, Programme for Teaching:

Suggestions for Teachers, 363.

See also Dramatics.

Beltan; see May Day.

Bird Friends:

Earl of Mar’s Daughter, 115;

Gay Goss-Hawk, 218;

Singing Leaves, 131.

Border Ballads:

Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;

Belted Will, 47;

Chevy-Chase, 21;

Galloway Raid, 20.

Brothers and Sisters:

Fairy Tempter, 80;

Laidley Worm, 148;

Proud Lady Margaret, 62;

Valentine and Ursine, 314.

Bruce, Robert, King of Scotland: Heart of the Bruce, 333.

Cakes, Burning of:

King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176.

Chevy-Chase: Chevy-Chase, 21.

Chivalry:

Blancheflour and Jellyflorice, 209;

Child of Elle, 244;

Sir Galahad, 348;

Valentine and Ursine, 314.

Christ:

Barclay of Ury, 341;

Heart of the Bruce, 333;

Pilgrimage, 351;

Royal Court, 353;

Sir Galahad, 348.

Christ-Child:

Three Kings, 357.

Christmas:

Sir Galahad, 348;

Three Kings, 357.

Clorinda:

Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297.

Constancy:

Bonny Baby Livingston, 224;

Dæmon Lover, 7;

“Earl March Looked on his Dying Child,” 203;

Fair Anny of Roch-royal, 191;

Gay Goss-Hawk, 218;

Hynd Horn, 231;

Lady Clare, 59;

Lord Lovel, 204;

Mermaid, 10;

Sweet William’s Ghost, 276;

Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237.

Cophetua: Beggar-Maid, 214.

Corrievreckan: Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97.

Courage and Heroism:

Alice Brand, 81;

Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;

Chevy-Chase, 21;

Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70;

Famous Flower of Serving-Men, 65;

Heart of the Bruce, 333;

Kemp Owyne, 122;

Laidley Worm, 148;

Pilgrim, 332;

Robin Hood and Little John, 291;

Sir Patrick Spens, 3;

Song of the Outlaw Murray, 301.

See also Maids and Lassies, Brave and True.

Cruelty; see Retribution.

Dee: Sands of Dee, 190.

Democratic Ballads:

Frolicksome Duke, 169;

King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176;

King James the First and the Tinkler, 173.

Dramatics, Ballads Suitable for:

Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;

Ballad of the Oysterman, 164;

Beggar-Maid, 214;

Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70;

Dæmon Lover, 7;

Earl Haldan’s Daughter, 58;

“Earl March Looked on his Dying Child,” 203;

Erl-King, 86;

Gay Goss-Hawk, 218;

Glenara, 212;

Greeting of Kynast, 74;

Kemp Owyne, 122;

King James the First and the Tinkler, 173;

Lady of Shalott, 124;

Laidley Worm, 148;

Noble Riddle, 208;

Robin Hood and Little John, 291;

Stormy Winds Do Blow, 2;

Thomas the Rhymer, 93;

Tragic Story, 158;

Young Tamlane, 255.

Many other ballads in this book may be dramatized.

Dwarfs:

Alice Brand, 81;

Belted Will, 47.

Edenhall: Luck of Edenhall, 135.

Eildon Tree:

Eve of St. John, 279;

Thomas the Rhymer, 93.

See also Glossary under Eildon Tree, p. 377.

Elves; see Fairies.

Enchantment and Mystery:

Alice Brand, 81;

Earl of Mar’s Daughter, 115;

Fairy Thorn, 87;

Kemp Owyne, 122;

La Belle Dame sans Merci, 91;

Lady of Shalott, 124;

Laidley Worm, 148;

Luck of Edenhall, 135;

May of the Moril Glen, 138;

Mermaid, 10.

See also Fairies and Fairyland.

Endurance:

King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176;

Robin Hood and Little John, 291.

Erl-King: Erl-King, 86.

Ettrick:

Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;

Song of the Outlaw Murray, 301.

Eve of St. John; see Midsummer Day and St. John’s Day.

Fairies and Fairyland:

Alice Brand, 81;

Erl-King, 86;

Fairy Tempter, 80;

Fairy Thorn, 87;

Kilmeny, 101;

La Belle Dame sans Merci, 91;

May of the Moril Glen, 138;

Thomas the Rhymer, 93;

Young Tamlane, 255.

Fair Play:

King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176;

Robin Hood and Little John, 291.

Farm Customs: King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176.

Fathers:

Child of Elle, 244;

Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70;

Erl-King, 86.

Forest; see Greenwood.

Friendship: Royal Court, 353.

Ghost-story Ballads; see Halloween and Ghost Stories.

Giants: Valentine and Ursine, 314.

Goss-Hawks: Gay Goss-Hawk, 218.

Greenwood:

Alice Brand, 81;

Birth o’ Robin Hood, 290;

Fairy Tempter, 80;

Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297;

Robin Hood and Little John, 291;

Royal Court, 353;

Song of the Outlaw Murray, 301;

Valentine and Ursine, 314.

Hallowe’en and Ghost Stories:

Dæmon Lover, 7;

Eve of St. John, 279;

Proud Lady Margaret, 62;

Sir Roland, 265;

Skeleton in Armour, 270;

Sweet William’s Ghost, 276;

Wife of Usher’s Well, 263;

Young Tamlane, 255.

Haughtiness; see Pride and Vanity.

Hawthorn: Fairy Thorn, 87.

Heroism; see Courage and Heroism.

Holy Grail: Sir Galahad, 348.

Humour:

Ballad of the Oysterman, 164;

Brian o’Linn, 160;

Cinder King, 167;

Dicky of Ballyman, 162;

Frolicksome Duke, 169;

Greeting of Kynast, 74;

King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176;

King James the First and the Tinkler, 173;

Little Billee, 159;

May of the Moril Glen, 138;

Robin Hood and Little John, 291;

Tragic Story, 158.

Hunting:

Chevy-Chase, 21;

Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297.

James the First, King of England: King James the First and the Tinkler, 173.

Kelpies: Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97.

Knights and Ladies:

Alice Brand, 81;

Earl Haldan’s Daughter, 58;

Famous Flower of Serving-Men, 65;

Gay Goss-Hawk, 218;

Greeting of Kynast, 74;

Kemp Owyne, 122;

Lady Clare, 59;

Laidley Worm, 148;

Lochinvar, 215;

Lord Lovel, 204;

Proud Lady Margaret, 62.

Kunigunde: Greeting of Kynast, 74.

Kynast: Greeting of Kynast, 74.

Labour Day; see Democratic Ballads.

Laidley Worms:

Kemp Owyne, 122;

Laidley Worm, 148.

Little John: Robin Hood and Little John, 291.

Magi: Three Kings, 357.

Maids and Lassies, Brave and True:

Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;

Blancheflour and Jellyflorice, 209;

Bonny Baby Livingston, 224;

Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70;

Lady Clare, 59;

Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297;

Sweet William’s Ghost, 276;

Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237;

Young Tamlane, 255.

Martinmas (November 11): Wife of Usher’s Well, 263.

May Day or Beltan (May 1):

Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97;

The Spell, 254.

Mermaids:

Mermaid, 10;

Stormy Winds Do Blow, 2.

Midsummer Day and St. John’s Day (June 24):

Eve of St. John, 279;

The Spell, 254.

Moors:

Heart of the Bruce, 333;

Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237.

Moral Courage:

Barclay of Ury, 341;

Lady Clare, 59;

True Valour, 355.

Mothers:

Lady Clare, 59;

Valentine and Ursine, 314;

Wife of Usher’s Well, 263.

Mountain Ash; see Rowan Tree.

Mystery Ballads;

see Enchantment and Mystery;

also Halloween and Ghost Stories.

Outlaws:

Birth o’ Robin Hood, 290;

Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297;

Robin Hood and Little John, 291;

Song of the Outlaw Murray, 301.

Palmers; see Pilgrims and Pilgrimage.

Peace:

Peace, 356;

Pilgrimage, 351;

Royal Court, 353.

Pilgrims and Pilgrimage:

Heart of the Bruce, 333;

Pilgrim, 332;

Pilgrimage, 351;

Sir Galahad, 348;

True Valour, 355.

Pride and Vanity:

Earl Haldan’s Daughter, 58;

Greeting of Kynast, 74;

Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97;

Proud Lady Margaret, 62.

Punishment; see Retribution.

Purity:

Kilmeny, 101;

Sir Galahad, 348.

Quakers: Barclay of Ury, 341.

Raids and Reaving; see Border Ballads.

Religious Ballads and Verses:

Barclay of Ury, 341;

Heart of the Bruce, 333;

Pilgrim, 332;

Pilgrimage, 351;

Royal Court, 353;

Sir Galahad, 348.

Retribution:

Belted Will, 47;

Cruelty of Barbara Allen, 201;

Dæmon Lover, 7;

Earl Haldan’s Daughter, 58;

Eve of St. John, 279;

Greeting of Kynast, 74;

Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97;

Laidley Worm, 148;

Sir Roland, 265.

Robin Hood:

Birth o’ Robin Hood, 290;

Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297;

Robin Hood and Little John, 291.

Romance and Lovers:

Alice Brand, 81;

Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;

Blancheflour and Jellyflorice, 209;

Bonny Baby Livingston, 224;

Child of Elle, 244;

Cruel Sister, 196;

“Earl March Looked on his Dying Child,” 203;

Earl of Mar’s Daughter, 115;

Famous Flower of Serving-Men, 65;

Hynd Horn, 231;

Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97;

Lady Clare, 59;

Lochinvar, 215;

Lord Lovel, 204;

May of the Moril Glen, 138;

Noble Riddle, 208;

Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297;

Singing Leaves, 131;

Skeleton in Armour, 270;

Sweet William’s Ghost, 276;

Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237;

Young Tamlane, 255.

Rowan Tree or Mountain Ash:

Fairy Thorn, 87;

Laidley Worm, 148.

Sailors:

Dæmon Lover, 7;

Little Billee, 159;

Sir Patrick Spens, 3;

Stormy Winds Do Blow, 2.

St. John’s Eve; see Midsummer Day and St. John’s Day.

Salem: Peace, 356.

Sea Ballads:

Dæmon Lover, 7;

Earl Haldan’s Daughter, 58;

Fair Anny of Roch-royal, 191;

Heart of the Bruce, 333;

Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97;

Kemp Owyne, 122;

Laidley Worm, 148;

Little Billee, 159;

Mermaid, 10;

Sands of Dee, 190;

Sir Patrick Spens, 3;

Stormy Winds Do Blow, 2.

Shepherds:

King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176.

Sherwood Forest:

Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297.

Spindleston-Heughs:

Laidley Worm, 148.

Tamlane:

Young Tamlane, 255.

Tinkers:

Frolicksome Duke, 169;

King James the First and the Tinkler, 173.

Three Wise Men:

Three Kings, 357.

True Thomas:

Thomas the Rhymer, 93.

Valentine Day:

Valentine and Ursine, 314.

See also Romance and Lovers.

Valour; see Courage and Heroism.

Vanity; see Pride and Vanity.

Vikings: Skeleton in Armour, 270.

Witches:

Laidley Worm, 148.

Womanliness:

Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32;

Beggar-Maid, 214;

Child of Elle, 244;

Kilmeny, 101;

Singing Leaves, 131.

INDEX OF FIRST LINES

A fair girl was sitting in the greenwood shade, 80

A Man there came, whence none could tell, 347

Ah, what can ail thee, wretched wight, 91

And mony ane sings o’ grass, o’ grass, 290

And now, to be brief, let’s pass over the rest, 173

As I was walking all alane, 114

At eve last Midsummer, no sleep I sought, 254

Bonny Kilmeny gaed up the glen, 101

Brian O’Linn was a gentleman born, 160

Earl March looked on his dying child, 203

Ettrick Forest is a fair forest, 301

Fair Margret was a young ladye, 62

“Get up, our Anna dear, from the weary spinning-wheel,” 87

Give me my Scallop-shell of Quiet, 351

God prosper long our noble King, 21

He mounted his steed of the water clear, 97

Her arms across her breast she laid, 214

Her mother died when she was young, 122

“If thou canst answer me questions three,” 208

In elder time there was of yore, 176

In London was young Beichan born, 237

In Royal Courts my Soul hath slept, 353

In Scarlet Town, where I was bound, 201

It was a tall young Oysterman, 164

It was Earl Haldan’s daughter, 58

It was intill a pleasant time, 115

It was the time when lilies blow, 59

I will tell you of ane wondrous tale, 138

Listen, now, both great and simple, 70

Lord Lovel he stood at his castle gate, 204

Merry it is in the good greenwood, 81

My good blade carves the casques of men, 348

Near the King’s Court was a young child born, 231

Now, as fame does report, a young Duke keeps a Court, 169

O bonny Baby Livingston, 224

“O I forbid ye, maidens a’,” 255

“O Mary, go and call the cattle home,” 190

“O waly, waly, my gay goss-hawk,” 218

“O wha will shoe my fu fair foot,” 191

“O where have you been, my long, long love,” 7

Of Edenhall, the youthful Lord, 135

Oh! heard ye yon pibroch sound sad in the gale, 212

Oh! who rides by night thro’ the woodland so wild, 86

Oh! young Lochinvar is come out of the West, 215

On either side the river lie, 124

On Jura’s heath how sweetly swell, 10

On New Year’s Day, as I heard say, 162

On yonder hill a castle stands, 244

One Friday morn when we set sail, 2

She said, “This narrow chamber is not for me the place,” 74

“Speak! speak! thou fearful guest!” 270

Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell, I humbly crave, 356

The Baron of Smaylho’me rose with day, 279

The Baron of Thirlwall came from the wars, 47

The good Lord Douglas paced the deck, 333

The King is gone from Bambrough Castle, 148

The king sits in Dunfermline town, 3

The moonbeam glints on tower and hill, 32

The reavers of Eskdale were mounted for weir, 20

There came a ghost to Margret’s door, 276

There lived a sage in days of yore, 158

There lived a wife at Usher’s Well, 263

There was a maid, richly arrayd, 209

There were three sailors of Bristol city, 159

There were two sisters sat in a bour, 196

Three Kings came riding from far away, 357

True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank, 93

Up the streets of Aberdeen, 341

Whan he cam to his ain luve’s bouir, 265

What Danger is the Pilgrim in, 332

“What fairings will ye that I bring,” 131

When Flora ’gins to deck the fields, 314

When Robin Hood came into merry Sherwood, 297

When Robin Hood was about twenty years old, 291

Who is it that sits in the kitchen and weeps, 167

Who would true Valour see, 355

You beautious ladies, great and small, 65

INDEX OF TITLES AND AUTHORS

With references from titles of other ballad-versions

Alice Brand, 81

Allingham, Touchstone, 347

Annie Livingston, see Bonny Baby Livingston, 224

Annie of Loch Royan, see Fair Anny of Roch-royal, 191

Aytoun, Heart of the Bruce, 333

Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32

Ballad of the Oysterman, 164

Barbara Allen’s Cruelty, 201

Barclay of Ury, 341

Beggar-Maid, 214

Beichan and Susie Pye, see Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237

Belle Dame sans Merci, see La Belle Dame sans Merci, 91

Belted Will, 47

Binnorie, see The Cruel Sister, 196

Birth o’ Robin Hood, 290

Blancheflour and Jellyflorice, 209

Bonnie Milldams o’ Binnorie, see The Cruel Sister, 196

Bonny Baby Livingston, 224

Bonny Barbara Allan, see Cruelty of Barbara Allen, 201

Bonny Kilmeny, see Kilmeny, 101

Brian O’Linn, 160

Bunyan, The Pilgrim, 332

Bunyan, True Valour, 355

Campbell, Glenara, 212

Campbell, Song,—Earl March Looked on his Dying Child, 203

Chevy-Chase, see More Modern Ballad of Chevy-Chase, 21

Child of Elle, 244

Cinder King, 167

Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70

Cruel Sister, 196

Cruelty of Barbara Allen, see Barbara Allen’s Cruelty, 201

Dæmon Lover, 7

Dicky of Ballyman, 162

Earl Haldan’s Daughter, 58

Earl March Looked on his Dying Child, 203

Earl of Mar’s Daughter, 115

Ercildoune, Thomas of, see Thomas the Rhymer, 93

Erl-King, 86

Ettrick Shepherd, Kilmeny, 101

Ettrick Shepherd, May of the Moril Glen, 138

Eve of St. John, 279

Fair Anny of Roch-royal (same as Annie of Loch Royan), 191

Fairy Tempter, 80

Fairy Thorn, 87

Famous Flower of Serving-Men, 65

Ferguson, Fairy Thorn, 87

Frolicksome Duke; or, The Tinker’s Good Fortune, 169

Galloway Raid, 20

Gay, The Spell, 254

Gay Goss-Hawk, 218

Glenara, 212

Goethe, Erl-King, 86

Greeting of Kynast, 74

Grizzy Cochrane’s Ride, see Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, 70

Heart of the Bruce, 333

Herbert, Peace, 356

Hind Horn, see Hynd Horn, 231

Hogg, Kilmeny, 101

Hogg, May of the Moril Glen, 138

Holmes, Ballad of the Oysterman, 164

Hunting of the Cheviot, see More Modern Ballad of Chevy-Chase, 21

Hynd Horn, 231

Jolly Goss-Hawk, see Gay Goss-Hawk, 218

Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci, 91

Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97

Kemp Owyne (same as Kempion), 122

Kilmeny, 101

King Alfred and the Shepherd, 176

King James the First and the Tinkler, 173

Kingsley, Earl Haldan’s Daughter, 58

Kingsley, Sands of Dee, 190

Kynast, see Greeting of Kynast, 74

La Belle Dame sans Merci, 91

Lady Clare, 59

Lady of Shalott, 124

Lady Turned Serving-Man, see Famous Flower of Serving-Men, 65

Laidley Worm o’ Spindleston-Heughs, 148

Lass of Lochroyan, see Fair Anny of Roch-royal, 191

Leyden, Mermaid, 10

Little Billee, 159

Lochinvar, 215

Longfellow (from Uhland), Luck of Edenhall, 135

Longfellow, Skeleton in Armour, 270

Longfellow, Three Kings, 357

Lord Beichan, see Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237

Lord Lovel, 204

Lover, Fairy Tempter, 80

Lowell, Singing Leaves, 131

Luck of Edenhall, 135

Mackay, Kelpie of Corrievreckan, 97

May of the Moril Glen, 138

Meikle-Mouthed Meg, see Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, 32

Mermaid, 10

More Modern Ballad of Chevy-Chase, 21

Noble Riddle, 208

Outlaw Murray, see Song of the Outlaw Murray, 301

Oysterman, Ballad of, 164

Peace, 356

Pilgrim, 332

Pilgrimage, 351

Proud Lady Margaret, 62

Raleigh, Pilgrimage, 351

Robin Hood and Clorinda, 297

Robin Hood and Little John, 291

Royal Court, 353

Rückert, Greeting of Kynast, 74

Sands of Dee, 190

Scott, Alice Brand, 81

Scott, Eve of St. John, 279

Scott, Lochinvar, 215

Sheldon, Belted Will, 47

Singing Leaves, 131

Sir Galahad, 348

Sir Patrick Spens, 3

Sir Roland, 265

Skeleton in Armour, 270

Skipper Patrick, see Sir Patrick Spens, 3

Song: Earl March Looked on his Dying Child, 203

Song of the Outlaw Murray, 301

Spell, 254

Stormy Winds do Blow, 2

Sweet William’s Ghost, 276

Tamlane (or Tamlin), see Young Tamlane, 255

Tennyson, Beggar-Maid, 214

Tennyson, Lady Clare, 59

Tennyson, Lady of Shalott, 124

Tennyson, Sir Galahad, 348

Thackeray, Little Billee, 159

Thackeray, Tragic Story, 158

Thomas the Rhymer (or Thomas of Ercildoune), 93

Three Kings, 357

Tinker’s Good Fortune, see The Frolicksome Duke, 169

Touchstone, 347

Tragic Story, 158

True Thomas, see Thomas the Rhymer, 93

True Valour, 355

Twa Sisters, see The Cruel Sister, 196

Uhland, Luck of Edenhall, 135

Valentine and Ursine, 314

Wee Wee Man, 114

Whittier, Barclay of Ury, 341

Wife of Usher’s Well, 263

Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237

Young Bondwell, see Young Beichan and Susie Pye, 237

Young Hynd Horn, see Hynd Horn, 231.

Young Lochinvar, see Lochinvar, 215

Young Tamlane, 255