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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5)

Note 304 — 185 DICK O THE COW

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Ties them with St Mary’s knot: hamstrings them, says Caw, and say others after him. A St John’s knot is double, a St Mary’s triple. Observe that in 31 it is simply said that there is only one horse loose in the stable.

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