Nottinghamshire Poacher, The

DESCRIPTION: The poacher goes out with his dogs to hunt. (One of his dogs is wounded, but) he catches a deer and takes it to a butcher to skin. When he attempts to sell the meat, he is arrested and tried, but finally set free. He vows to continue poaching
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1839 (broadside, Bodleian Harding B 17(311b))
KEYWORDS: dog poaching trial accusation revenge animal judge
FOUND IN: US(MW) Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Eddy 53, "Thornymuir Fields" (1 text, 1 tune)
Kennedy 259, "The Old Fat Buck" (1 text, 1 tune)
Broadwood/Maitland, pp. 50-51, "The Nottinghamshire Poacher" (1 text, 1 tune)
Wiltshire-WSRO Mi 723, "Thorneymoor Wood in Nottinghamshire" ; Wiltshire-WSRO Mi 724, "Thorneymoor Wood in Nottinghamshire" (2 texts)
MacSeegTrav 96, "Thornaby Woods" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: James Henry Dixon, Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England (London, 1846 ("Digitized by Google")), Songs #28 pp. 219-221, "Thornehagh-Moor Woods" (1 text)
ST E053 (Full)
Roud #222
RECORDINGS:
Anne Briggs, "Thorneymoor Woods" (on Briggs2, Briggs3)
Jasper Smith, "Thornymoor Park" (on Voice18)
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 17(311b), "Thorney Moor Wood" ("In Thorney moor woods in Nottinghamshire"), J. Catnach (London), 1813-1838; also Harding B 11(3803), Firth c.19(58), "Thorney Moor Wood"; Harding B 25(1898), "Thorney-moor Woods"; Harding B 11(2692), Firth b.34(206), "The Lads of Thorney Moor Wood"; Johnson Ballads 887, Harding B 28(237), Firth c.19(57), "The Lads of Thorney Moor Woods"
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Lincolnshire Poacher" (theme)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Thorny Woods
Thornymoor Woods
NOTES: [MacColl and Seeger report that] "Thorneyhaugh-Moor Woods is in the Hundred of Newark, Nottinghamshire, and was once part of Sherwood Forest." - PJS
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File: E053

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