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Barrin' o' the door

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(1) Barrin' o' the door
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74893318
Description	The barrin' o' the door - first line reads: It fell about the Martinmas time. Westling winds - first line reads: Now westling winds and slaught'ring/ guns. In two columns with an illustration above the first.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.2208
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides Images > Pictures > Illustrations
Dates / events:	1855 [Date printed] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Woodcuts (prints) Medieval Domestic life Relations between the sexes Competitions Courtships Love
Person / organisation:	Such, Henry Parker, active 1849 - 1851 [Printer] Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 [Author]
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English ballads
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Description	Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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