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40 "snapping" noise as described by Plot, and the man in woman's clothes, are now known as Robin Hood and Maid Marian, but it may be doubted whether this is not a modern pseudo-antique touch. The costumes now worn have been made and presented by some neighbouring ladies since 1899. The members of the North Staffordshire Field Club were informed in 1909 that they had been copied from the figures of the morris-dancers in the famous window at Betley (see Douce's Illustrations of Shakspeare), so they might be depended on to be quite correct! Three plates in Sir Benjamin Stone's Pictures show the various properties and the present costumes.

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The following is a rough sketch of the progress of folklore collection in the United Kingdom. Additions to the list would be welcome.

ENGLAND.

Counties in which nothing has been done (11).

Bedford.

Buckingham.

Chester.

Essex.

Hampshire.

Huntingdon.

Kent.

Middlesex.

Nottingham.

Surrey.

Warwick.

Counties dealt with only by old-fashioned writers (6).

Cumberland.

Lancaster.

Norfolk.

Northampton.

Westmoreland.

Worcester.

Counties dealt with only in County Folklore (3).

Leicester.

Rutland.

Suffolk.

Counties in which only single Rites or Legends etc. have been dealt with in Folk-Lore (4).

Cambridge.

Derby.

Herts.

Somerset.

Counties on which articles have appeared in Folk-Lore etc., but not otherwise dealt with (6).

Berks.

Dorset.

Monmouth.

Oxford.

Sussex.

Wilts.