Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 211
many a one. A few—but only a {q^w, unspoiled ballads havefound their way into print in broadsides. Such are,The Baffled Knight, The Knight and theShepherds Daughter, Lord Thomas and thefair Eleanor, Barbara Allen, The BailiffsDaughter of Islington, The Brown Girl. Theyarc miserably few, but they… … Fig. 39.—WOMAN AT HER SPINNING WHEEL, FROM A BROADSIDE. Moreover, our English ballad collectors never wentto the right sources. There were to be had blackand white letter broadsides, more or less scarce, andthey set their booksellers to work to gather for themthe drifting sheets, and fondly thought…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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