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Compiled Period Works for a Young Bard Compiled by Alienor Hathaway  146537@members.eastkingdom.org      The North Wind Doth Blow      16th Century Nursery Rhyme       The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow,      And what will poor robin do then, poor thing?      He'll sit in a barn and keep himself warm      and hide his head under his wing, poor thing.      For Want of a Nail      The earliest recorded version of this proverb comes from 1230 Middle High German.      For want of a nail the shoe was lost;      For want of a shoe the horse was lost;      For want of a horse the battle was lost;      For the failure of battle the kingdom was lost—      All for the want of a horse-shoe nail.                  http://www.pbm.com/~li...

Evolution of Robin Hood What do you think of when you hear “Robin Hood”? http://boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/robbeg3.html I.  William Langland in The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman , printed ca.1377. “If I shulde deye bi this day-me liste nought to loke; I can noughte perfitly my pater-noster- as the prest it syngeth, But I can rymes of Robyn hood-and Randolf erle of Chestre, Ac neither of owre lorde ne of owre lady-the leste that evere was made.” II. From Robin Hood and the Monk ca.1450 edited by Stephen Knight and Thomas H. Ohlgren http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/robin-hood-and-the-monk Ye, on thyng greves me," seid Robyn, "And does my hert mych woo: That I may not no solem day To mas nor matyns goo. "Hit is a fourtnet and more," seid he, "Syn I my Savyour see; To day wil I to Notyngham," seid Robyn, "With the myght of mylde Marye." ---- "He is trew to his maister," seid oure kyng; "I sey, be swete Seynt John, He ...