Ritson, Joseph — (1752 1803) Although he scraped a living as a conveyancer, Ritson s real preoccupations were with his antiquarian researches and writing, and he quickly amassed an unparalleled knowledge and collection of early British poetry and song, which… … A Dictionary of English folklore
Ritson, Joseph — (1752 1803) Born at Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, he trained as a solicitor, moved to London in 1775 and set up his own conveyancing practice in Grays Inn, then was called to the bar in 1789. On reading Fable of the Bees (1723) by Bernard de… … British and Irish poets
RITSON, JOSEPH — a whimsical and crabbed antiquary; his industry was great, his works numerous, among them one entitled Ancient English Metrical Romances, containing a long and still valuable dissertation (1752 1803) … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Joseph Ritson — (October 2, 1752 September 23, 1803), was an English antiquary.He was born at Stockton on Tees, of a Westmorland yeoman family. He was educated for the law, and settled in London as a conveyancer at the age of twenty two. He devoted his spare… … Wikipedia
Joseph Pemberton — (1852 1926) was a British clergyman and rosarian, remembered for creating the hybrid musk class of cultivated roses. A keen amateur grower, he joined the Royal National Rose Society shortly after its founding, and in 1911 served as its… … Wikipedia
Ritson — This surname, chiefly found in the northern English counties of Northumberland and Cumberland, and in Scotland, is ultimately believed to be a patronymic form of the male given name Richard, itself coming from the Old German Ric(h)ard , a… … Surnames reference
Rey Arturo — El Rey Arturo en su armadura de guerra, estatua en bronce del siglo XV, se encuentra en el cenotafio del emperador Maximiliano I fallecido en 1519 en Innsbruck.[1] El rey Arturo (en galés y en inglés: Arthur) es un destacado person … Wikipedia Español
Shellycoat — In Scottish and Northern English [The Letters of Joseph Ritson, Esq By Joseph Ritson, Joseph Frank, Nicholas Harris Nicolas, William Pikering, London, 1833] folklore, a shellycoat is a type of bogeyman that haunts rivers and streams. The name… … Wikipedia
Robin von Locksley — Robin Hood Denkmal vor dem Schloss in Nottingham Robin Hood [ˌrɒbɪn hʊd] ist der zentrale Held mehrerer mittelalterlicher bis neuzeitlicher englischer Balladenzyklen, die sich im Laufe der Jahrhunderte zu der heutigen Legende formten. Die Han … Deutsch Wikipedia
\@Vampire Mythology: Bibliography — [↑] @Vampire Mythology Abbott, George Frederick. Macedonian Folklore. Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1903. Abrahams, Roger D. The ManofWords in the West Indies: Performance and the Emergence of Creole Culture. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins… … Encyclopedia of vampire mythology
