Motif Index of the Child Corpus: The English and Scottish Popular Ballad

✍ Scribed by Natascha Würzbach; Simone M. Salz

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 264
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   1.1. Illustration of types of motifs, specification and submotifs
2. Motif Index of the Child Ballad Corpus
3. Summaries of ballads followed by the motifs contained
   Child 1, "RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED"
   Child 2, "THE ELFIN KNIGHT"
   Child 3, "THE FAUSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD"
   Child 4, "LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF-KNIGHT"
   Child 5, "GILBRENTON"
   Child 6, "WILLIE’S LADY"
   Child 7, "EARL BRAND"
   Child 8, "ERLINTON"
   Child 9, "THE FAIR FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND"
   Child 10, "THE TWA SISTERS"
   Child 11, "THE CRUEL BROTHER"
   Child 12, "LORD RANDAL"
   Child 13, "EDWARD"
   Child 14, "BABYLON"
   Child 15, "LEESOME BRAND"
   Child 16, "SHEATH AND KNIFE"
   Child 17, "HIND HORN"
   Child 18, "SIR LIONEL"
   Child 19, "KING ORFEO"
   Child 20, "THE CRUEL MOTHER"
   Child 21, "THE MAID AND THE PALMER"
   Child 22, "ST STEPHEN AND HEROD"
   Child 23, "JUDAS"
   Child 24, "BONNIE ANNIE"
   Child 25, "WILLIE’S LYKE-WAKE"
   Child 26, "THE THREE RAVENS"
   Child 27, "THE WHUMMIL BORE"
   Child 28, "BURD ELLEN AND YOUNG TAMLANE"
   Child 29, "THE BOY AND THE MANTLE"
   Child 30, "KING ARTHUR AND KING CORNWALL"
   Child 31, "THE MARRIAGE OF SIR GAWAIN"
   Child 32, "KING HENRY"
   Child 33, "KEMPY KAY"
   Child 34, "KEMPOWYNE"
   Child 35, "ALLISON GROSS"
   Child 36, "THE LAILY WORM AND THE MACHREL OF THE SEA"
   Child 37, "THOMAS RHYMER"
   Child 38, "THE WEE WEE MAN"
   Child 39, "TAM LIN"
   Child 40, "THE QUEEN OF ELFAN’S NOURICE"
   Child 41, "HINDETIN"
   Child 42, "CLERK COLVILL"
   Child 43, "THE BROOMFIELD HILL"
   Child 44, "THE TWA MAGICIANS"
   Child 45, "KING JOHN AND THE BISHOP"
   Child 46, "CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN’S COURTSHIP"
   Child 47, "PROUD LADY MARGARET"
   Child 48, "YOUNG ANDREW"
   Child 49, "THE TWA BROTHERS"
   Child 50, "THE BONNY HIND"
   Child 51, "LIZIEWAN"
   Child 52, "THE KING’S DOCHTER LADY JEAN"
   Child 53, "YOUNG BEICHAN"
   Child 54, "THE CHERRY TREE CAROL"
   Child 55, "THE CARNAL AND THE CRANE"
   Child 56, "DIVES AND LAZARUS"
   Child 57, "BROWN ROBYNS CONFESSION"
   Child 58, "SIRPATRICKSPENS"
   Child 59, "SIR ALDINGAR"
   Child 60, "KING ESTMERE"
   Child 61, "SIR CAWLINE"
   Child 62, "FAIR ANNIE"
   Child 63, "CHILD WATERS"
   Child 64, "FAIR JANET"
   Child 65, "LADY MAISRY"
   Child 66, "LORD INGRAM AND CHIELWYET"
   Child 67, "GLASGERION"
   Child 68, "YOUNG HUNTING"
   Child 69, "CLERK SAUNDERS"
   Child 70, "WILLIE AND LADY MAISRY"
   Child 71, "THE BENT SAE BROWN"
   Child 72, "THE CLERK’S TWA SONS O OWSENFORD"
   Child 73, "LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET"
   Child 74, "FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM"
   Child 75, "LORDLOVEL"
   Child 76, "THE LASS OF ROCH ROYAL"
   Child 77, "SWEET WILLIAM’S GHOST"
   Child 78, "THE UNQUIET GRAVE"
   Child 79, "THE WIFE OF USHER’S WELL"
   Child 80, "OLD ROBIN OF PORTINGALE"
   Child 81, "LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD"
   Child 82, "THE BONNY BIRDY"
   Child 83, "CHILD MAURICE"
   Child 84, "BONNY BARBARA ALLAN"
   Child 85, "LADY ALICE"
   Child 86, "YOUNG BENJIE"
   Child 87, "PRINCE ROBERT"
   Child 88, "YOUNG JOHNSTONE"
   Child 89, "FAUSEFOODRAGE"
   Child 90, "JELLON GRAME"
   Child 91, "FAIR MARY OF WALLINGTON"
   Child 92, "BONNY BEE HOM"
   Child 93, "LAMKIN"
   Child 94, "YOUNG WATERS"
   Child 95, "THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS"
   Child 96, "THE GAY GOSHAWK"
   Child 97, "BROWN ROBIN"
   Child 98, "BROWN ADAM"
   Child 99, "JOHNIE SCOT"
   Child 100, "WILLIE O WINSBURY"
   Child 101, "WILLIE O DOUGLAS DALE"
   Child 102, "WILLIE AND EARL RICHARD’S DAUGHTER"
   Child 103, "ROSE THE RED AND WHITE LILY"
   Child 104, "PRINCE HEATHEN"
   Child 105, "THE BAILIFF’S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON"
   Child 106, "THE FAMOUS FLOWER OF SERVINGMEN"
   Child 107, "WILL STEWART AND JOHN"
   Child 108, "CHRISTOPHER WHITE"
   Child 109, "TOM POTTS"
   Child 110, "THE KNIGHT AND SHEPHERD’S DAUGHTER"
   Child 111, "CROW AND PIE"
   Child 112, "THE BAFFLED KNIGHT"
   Child 113, "THE GREAT SILKIE OF SULE SKERRY"
   Child 114, "JOHNIE COCK"
   Child 115, "ROBYN AND GANDELEYN"
   Child 116, "ADAM BELL, CLIM OF THE CLOUGH, AND WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLY"
   Child 117, "A GEST OF ROBYN HODE"
   Child 118, "ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE"
   Child 119, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE MONK"
   Child 120, "ROBIN HOOD’S DEATH"
   Child 121, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE POTTER"
   Child 122, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE BUTCHER"
   Child 123, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE CURTAL FRIAR"
   Child 124, "THE JOLLY PINDER OF WAKEFIELD"
   Child 125, "ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN"
   Child 126, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE TANNER"
   Child 127, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE TINKER"
   Child 128, "ROBIN HOOD NEWLY REVIVED"
   Child 129, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE PRINCE OF ARAGON"
   Child 130, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE SCOTCHMAN"
   Child 131, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE RANGER"
   Child 132, "THE BOLD PEDLAR AND ROBIN HOOD"
   Child 133, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE BEGGAR", 1
   Child 134, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE BEGGAR", 2
   Child 135, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE SHEPHERD"
   Child 136, "ROBIN HOOD S DELIGHT" (ROBIN HOOD, JOHN, SCARLOCK AND THREE KEEPERS")
   Child 137, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE PEDLARS"
   Child 138, "ROBIN HOOD AND ALLEN A DALE"
   Child 139, "ROBIN HOOD S PROGRESS TO NOTTINGHAM"
   Child 140, "ROBIN HOOD RESCUING THREE SQUIRES"
   Child 141, "ROBIN HOOD RESCUING WILL STUTLEY"
   Child 142, "LITTLE JOHN A BEGGING"
   Child 143, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE BISHOP"
   Child 144, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD"
   Child 145, "ROBIN HOOD AND QUEEN KATHERINE"
   Child 146, "ROBIN HOOD'S CHASE"
   Child 147, "ROBIN HOOD'S GOLDEN PRIZE"
   Child 148, "THE NOBLE FISHERMAN, OR ROBIN HOOD’S PREFERMENT"
   Child 149, "ROBIN HOOD’S BIRTH, BREEDING, VALOR AND MARRIAGE"
   Child 150, "ROBIN HOOD AND MAID MARIAN"
   Child 151, "THE KING’S DISGUISE, AND FRIENDSHIP WITH ROBIN HOOD"
   Child 152, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE GOLDEN ARROW"
   Child 153, "ROBIN HOOD AND THE VALIANT KNIGHT"
   Child 154, "A TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD"
   Child 155, "SIR HUGH AND THE JEWS DAUGHTER"
   Child 156, "QUEEN ELEANOR’S CONFESSION"
   Child 157, "GUDE WALLACE"
   Child 158, "HUGH SPENCER'S FEATS IN FRANCE"
   Child 159, "DURHAM FIELD"
   Child 160, "THE KNIGHT OF LIDDERSDALE"
   Child 161, "THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN"
   Child 162, "THE HUNTING OF THE CHEVIOT"
   Child 163, "THE BATTLE OF HARLAW"
   Child 164, "KING HENRY FIFTH'S CONQUEST OF FRANCE"
   Child 165, "SIR JOHN BUTLER"
   Child 166, "THE ROSE OF ENGLAND"
   Child 167, "SIR ANDREW BARTON"
   Child 168, "FLODDEN FIELD"
   Child 169, "JOHNIE ARMSTRONG"
   Child 170, "THE DEATH OF QUEEN JANE"
   Child 171, "THOMAS CROMWELL"
   Child 172, "MUSSELBURGH FIELD"
   Child 173, "MARY HAMILTON"
   Child 174, "EARL BOTHWELL"
   Child 175, "THE RISING IN THE NORTH"
   Child 176, "NORTHUMBERLAND BETRAYED BY DOUGLAS"
   Child 177, "THE EARL OF WESTMORELAND"
   Child 178, "CAPTAIN CAR, OR, EDOM O GORDON"
   Child 179, "ROOKHOPE RYDE"
   Child 180, "KING JAMES AND BROWN"
   Child 181, "THE BONNY EARL OF MURRAY"
   Child 182, "THE LAIRD O LOGIE"
   Child 183, "WILLIE MACINTOSH"
   Child 184, "THE LADS OF WAMPHRAY"
   Child 185, "DICK O THE COW"
   Child 186, "KINMONT WILLIE"
   Child 187, "JOCK O THE SIDE"
   Child 188, "ARCHIE O CAWFIELD"
   Child 189, "HOBIE NOBLE"
   Child 190, "JAMIE TELFER OF THE FAIR DODHEAD"
   Child 191, "HUGHIE GRAME"
   Child 192, "THE LOCHMABEN HARPER"
   Child 193, "THE DEATH OF PARCY REED"
   Child 194, "THE LAIRD OF WARISTON"
   Child 195, "LORD MAXWELL’S LAST GOODNIGHT"
   Child 196, "THE FIRE OF FRENDRAUGHT"
   Child 197, "JAMES GRANT"
   Child 198, "BONNY JOHN SETON"
   Child 199, "THE BONNIE HOUSE O AIRLIE"
   Child 200, "THE GYPSY LADDIE"
   Child 201, "BESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY"
   Child 202, "THE BATTLE OF PHILIPHAUGH"
   Child 203, "THE BARON OF BRACKLEY"
   Child 204, "JAMIE DOUGLAS"
   Child 205, "LOUDON HILL, OR, DRUMCLOG"
   Child 206, "BOTHWELL BRIDGE"
   Child 207, "LORD DELAMERE"
   Child 208, "LORD DERWENTWATER"
   Child 209, "GEORDIE"
   Child 210, "BONNIE JAMES CAMPBELL"
   Child 211, "BEWICK AND GRAHAM"
   Child 212, "THE DUKE OF ATHOLE’S NURSE"
   Child 213, "SIR JAMES THE ROSE"
   Child 214, "THE BRAES O YARROW"
   Child 215, "RARE WILLIE DROWNED IN YARROW, OR, THE WATER O GAMRIE"
   Child 216, "THE MOTHER’S MALISON, OR, CLYDE’S WATER"
   Child 217, "THE BROOM OF COWDENKNOWS"
   Child 218, "THE FALSE LOVER WON BACK"
   Child 219, "THE GARDENER"
   Child 220, "THE BONNY LASS OF ANGLESEY"
   Child 221, "KATHARINE JAFFRAY"
   Child 222, "BONNY BABY LIVINGSTON"
   Child 223, "EPPIE MORRIE"
   Child 224, "THE LADY OF ARNGOSK"
   Child 225, "ROB ROY"
   Child 226, "LIZIE LINDSAY"
   Child 227, "BONNIE LIZIE BAILLIE"
   Child 228, "GLASGOW PEGGIE"
   Child 229, "EARL CRAWFORD"
   Child 230, "THE SLAUGHTER OF THE LORD OF MELLERSTAIN"
   Child 231, "THE EARL OF ERROL"
   Child 232, "RICHIE STORY"
   Child 233, "ANDREW LAMMIE"
   Child 234, "CHARLIE MacPHERSON"
   Child 235, "THE EARL OF ABOYNE"
   Child 236, "THE LAIRD O DRUM"
   Child 237, 'THE DUKE OF GORDON’S DAUGHTER"
   Child 238, "GLENLOGIE, OR, JEAN O BETHELNIE"
   Child 239, "LORD SEATON AND AUCHANACHIE"
   Child 240, "THE RANTIN LADDIE"
   Child 241, "THE BARON O LEYS"
   Child 242, "THE COBLE O CARGILL"
   Child 243, "JAMES HARRIS" ("THE DAEMON LOVER")
   Child 244, "JAMES HATLEY"
   Child 245, "YOUNG ALLAN"
   Child 246, "REDESDALE AND WISE WILLIAM"
   Child 247, "LADY ELSPAT"
   Child 248, "THE GREY COCK, OR, SAW YOU MY FATHER?"
   Child 249, "AULD MATRONS"
   Child 250, "HENRY MARTYN"
   Child 251, "LANG JOHNNY MORE"
   Child 252, "THE KITCHIE-BOY"
   Child 253, "THOMAS O YONDERDALE"
   Child 254, "LORD WILLIAM, OR, LORD LUNDY"
   Child 255, "WILLIE’S FATAL VISIT"
   Child 256, "ALISON AND WILLIE"
   Child 257, "BURD ISABEL AND EARL PATRICK"
   Child 258, "BROUGHTY WAS"
   Child 259, "LORD THOMAS STUART"
   Child 260, "LORD THOMAS AND LADY MARGARET"
   Child 261, "LADY ISABEL"
   Child 262, "LORD LIVINGSTON"
   Child 263, "THE NEW SLAIN KNIGHT"
   Child 264, "THE WHITE FISHER"
   Child 265, "THE KNIGHT’S GHOST"
   Child 266, "JOHN THOMSON AND THE TURK"
   Child 267, "THE HEIR OF LINNE"
   Child 268, "THE TWA KNIGHTS"
   Child 269, "LADY DIAMOND"
   Child 270, "THE EARL OF MAR’S DAUGHTER"
   Child 271, "THE LORD OF LORN AND THE FALSE STEWARD"
   Child 272, "THE SUFFOLK MIRACLE"
   Child 273, "KING EDWARD AND A TANNER OF TAMWORTH"
   Child 274, "OUR GOODMAN"
   Child 275, "GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR"
   Child 276, "THE FRIAR IN THE WELL"
   Child 277, "THE WIFE WRAPT IN WETHER’S SKIN"
   Child 278, "THE FARMER’S CURST WIFE"
   Child 279, "THE JOLLY BEGGAR"
   Child 280, "THE BEGGAR-LADDIE"
   Child 281, "THE KEACHI THE CREEL"
   Child 282, "JOCK THE LEG AND THE MERRY MERCHANT"
   Child 283, "THE CRAFTY FARMER"
   Child 284, "JOHN DORY"
   Child 285, "THE GEORGE ALOE AND THE SWEEPSTAKE"
   Child 286, "THE SWEET TRINITY" ("THE GOLDEN VANITY")
   Child 287, "CAPTAIN WARD AND THE RAINBOW"
   Child 288, "THE YOUNG EARL OF ESSEX’S VICTORY OVER THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY"
   Child 289, "THE MERMAID"
   Child 290, "THE WYLIE WIFE OF THE HIE TOUN HIE"
   Child 291, "CHILD OWLET"
   Child 292, "THE WEST COUNTRY DAMOSEL’S COMPLAINT"
   Child 293, "JOHN OF HAZELGREEN"
   Child 294, "DUGALL QUINN"
   Child 295, "THE BROWN GIRL"
   Child 296, "WALTER LESLY"
   Child 297, "EARL ROTHES"
   Child 298, "YOUNG PEGGY"
   Child 299, "TROOPER AND MAID"
   Child 300, "BLANCHEFLOUR AND JELLYFLORICE"
   Child 301, "THE QUEEN OF SCOTLAND"
   Child 302, "YOUNG BEARWELL"
   Child 303, "THE HOLY NUNNERY"
   Child 304, "YOUNG RONALD"
   Child 305, "THE OUTLAW MURRAY"
4. Appendix: References to Child ballad-types in Stith Thompson’s Motif-Index of Folk-Literature