Page:Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders.djvu/401

Rh as much land as he could ride round while the Bishop dined—called the Pollard lands; held by presentation of a falchion; the head presented by another knight to the King, 285–7

Proverbs: “as black as the de’il’s nutting-bag,” 96; “crooked things, lucky things,” 231; “he caps Bogie, Bogie capt Redcap, and Redcap capt Old Nick,” 254; “he caps Wryneck and Wryneck caps the Dule,” 254; “marry in May, rue for aye,” 34; “some witch has shaken hands with him