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Description: | This ballad tells the tale of a lady who is changed into a hare. The location in question is in North Northumberland, between Belford and Berwick.This collection comprises a selection of songs from the Minstrelsy of the English Border, published in London in 1847. The book contains a variety of Border ballads and was compiled by Frederick Sheldon of Berwick. Sheldon was in fact one William Thompson, song of James Thompson, a cabinetmaker from Newcastle. Having developed a love of theatre at an early age, Thompson went on to perform with Billy Purvis and various other theatre companies, finally running a theatre of his own in Berwick-upon-Tweed. After his brief stint at theatre management Thompson turned to literature and published a number of successful works including a 'History of Berwick-upon-Tweed'. ; Border ballads selected by Frederick Sheldon | Publisher: | Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans London | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | spirits & ghosts Country life | Temporal: | start=1841;end=1860; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N4205101 | Go to resource |
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