Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar information

"Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar" is Child Ballad number 123, about Robin Hood. This ballad is one of those appearing in later and later versions, the...

Hereford. In many tales, from "Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar" to The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, his first encounter with Robin results in a battle of wits...

the Forresters Manuscript. Robin Hood's Death (Child Ballad 120) Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne (Child Ballad 118) *Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar (Child...

coherence and the tastes of his child audience. For example, he included "Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar" in the narrative order to introduce Friar Tuck as...

used the alias Friar Tuck. A fighting friar appears in the ballad "Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar", though he is not named. Robin and the friar engage...

Robin Hood and the Tinker is Child Ballad 127. Robin Hood meets with a tinker and tells him that two tinkers were put in the stocks for drinking ale and...

"Robin Hood and Queen Katherine" is Child ballad 145. "Robin Hood's Chase", Child ballad 146, takes up after it. Robin befriends Queen Katherine. When...

The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood is Child ballad 132 (Roud 333), featuring Robin Hood. It is a traditional version of Robin Hood Newly Revived. A pedlar...

"Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow" is Child ballad 152. It features an archery competition for a golden (or silver) arrow that has long appeared in Robin...

Robin Hood and the Potter is a 15th century ballad of Robin Hood. While usually classed with other Robin Hood ballads, it does not appear to have originally...

Hood ballads: "Robin Hood's Death," "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne," "Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar," "Robin Hood and the Butcher," "The Jolly Pinder...

Little John and Will with him, and they meet three foresters, resulting in the usual fight and outwitting. In Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar (Child Ballad...

"Robin Hood and the Beggar" is a story in the Robin Hood canon which has survived as, among other forms, a late seventeenth-century English broadside...

Robin Hood and the Ranger is catalogued as Child ballad 131 and Roud Folk Song Index No. 933. Robin Hood, going out to hunt deer, meets a forester who...

Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight is an 18th century ballad of the death of Robin Hood. The song, written in Modern English, was included in the popular...

Robin Hood and the Tanner is Child ballad 126 (Roud 332). It is a late seventeenth-century English broadside ballad and one of several ballads about the...

Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne is Child Ballad 118, part of the Percy collection. It introduces and disposes of Guy of Gisborne who remains next to the...

Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford is Child ballad 144 (Roud 2338). Robin Hood, knowing the bishop is coming, has his men kill a deer, puts shepherd's...

Robin Hood and the Monk is a Middle English ballad and one of the oldest surviving ballads of Robin Hood. The earliest surviving document with the work...

Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" (Child Ballad 118)...

Robin Hood and the Pedlars is Child ballad 137. Robin Hood, Little John, and Will Scarlet meet up with three pedlars and urge them to stay; they go on...

Robin Hood and the Butcher (Roud 3980, Child 122) is a story in the Robin Hood canon which has survived as, among other forms, a late seventeenth-century...

Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon is Child ballad 129. The song portrays Robin Hood in a tale of chivalrous adventures, such as are uncommon in his...

Robin Hood and the Scotchman is Child ballad 130. Robin Hood goes north and meets with a Scot, who wishes to enter his service. Robin refuses, because...

Robin Hood and Little John is Child ballad 125. It is a story in the Robin Hood canon which has survived as, among other forms, a late seventeenth-century...

Robin Hood Newly Revived is Child ballad 128, and an origin story for Will Scarlet. Robin Hood and Little John are hunting when they see a finely dressed...

Robin Hood and the Shepherd is a story in the Robin Hood canon which has survived as, among other forms, a late seventeenth-century English broadside ballad...