A Small Collection of Chapbooks in the Folklore Society's LibraryAuthor(s): Stephen RoudSource: Folklore, Vol. 95, No. 2 (1984), pp. 251-252Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of Folklore Enterprises, Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1260211 .

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Folklore vol. 95:ii, 1984 251

Notes and Comments

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHAPBOOKS IN THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY'S LIBRARY

STEPHEN ROUD (Hon. Librarian)

IN the Society's library is a small collection of chapbooks, bound into a single volume (180 x 115mm). The spine of the volume bears the title Chap Books and it is to be found in the Library's Reserve stock, at class No. A6 MIS. The book contains fourteen individual pieces, although, as will be seen from the descriptions given below, not all of them would be normally described as 'chapbooks.'

The collection was apparently put together by one David Fitzgerald, as the flyleaf bears his ink signature, with the date '23.9.85,' and several of the individual pieces bear his initials. Also on the flyleaf is the comment 'Bound Jarvis 5/-' in Fitzgerald's hand, although a stamp on the opposite page claims 'Bound by S. Kaufmann.' The volume came to the Library as part of the Wright Collection in the 1930s.

The fourteen pieces are as follows: 1. An / Account of the Birth, Life, and Death / of / Judas Iscariot / who was the Son of Simon, and of !

the Tribe and Linage of Benjamin. / I How he Killed the Prince of / the Island of Iscariot's Son, that brought / him up.

II. How he Killed his own Fa- / ther. / III. How he Married his Mother. / IV. And how he betrayed our Bles- / sed Lord and Saviour / Jesus Christ. / V. And last of all, how he Hang- / ed himself, and all his Bowels gush- / ed out. Math. 27. 5. and Acts

1. 18. [8 pages: No illustrations. Imprint on front cover: 'Edinburgh Printed in the Year 1709'].

2. O'Connell's / Welcome home to Ireland. / To which are added, / The Answer to the Lamentation of/ Hugh Reynolds, / and / Mary Anne. [8 pages: cut of windmill, on front cover. Imprint on front cover 'Printed in this present year.' 3 songs].

3. Two Divine Revelations, / As Revealed to St. Augustine, St. Bridget, / and St. Anne, by our Lord and Saviour / Jesus Christ. [8 pages: cut of Christ on cross with female kneeling, on front cover. Imprint on front cover: 'Parks, Printer, Longford'].

4. A Song Composed at the / late Election, on / Mr. Tuite's Triumph / To which are added, / Counsellor O'Connell. / and / The Answer to the Lamentation of / Nicholas Mingy. [8 pages: cut of cottage, on front cover. No imprint. 'Price One Halfpenny,' on front cover. 3 songs].

5. The Royal Blackbird, / To which are added, / The Drunken Wife. / The King's County Sportsmen. / Away to the mountains brow. [8 pages: Oval cut of two large birds on branch of tree, on front cover. Imprint on front cover: 'Waterford: Printed by W. Kelly.' 4 songs].

6. A new song in praise of the / Maid of Longford. / To which are added / The Gray Horse, / & / Joshua's Travels. [8 pages: cut of soldier and woman in front of market stall, on front cover. Imprint on front cover: 'Parks, Printer, Longford.' 3 songs].

7. The much Admired Song called / The Flower of / Lougherin. / To which are added, / The Humours of / Paddy Ryan and Nell Morgan. / & / Susan's Lamentation. [8 pages: cut of rose, on front cover. Imprint on front cover: 'Parks, Printer, Longford.' 3 songs].

8. A new Song in praise of the / Unparalleled Huntress titled the / Maid of the Mill. / To which are added, the / Phoenix of Leinster, / and / The Lamentaion or Downfall of / Robert M'Cabe. [8 pages: cut of sheaf of corn with agricultural implements behind, on front cover. Imprint on front cover: 'Printed in this present year.' 3 songs].

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252 NOTES AND COMMENTS

9. The History of / Prince Dioclesian / and the / Seven Wise Masters. [Small book, lacking covers, comprising pages 3 to 60 only (preface and chapters 1 to 22). No imprint, no illustrations].

10. The / Battle / of / Aughrim: / Or, The Fall of / Monsieur St. Ruth. / A / Tragedy. / By Robert Ashton. / To which is prefixed, / An Extract from the History of Ireland. / Not in any former Edition. [60 pages: no illustrations. Imprint on front cover: 'Dublin: Printed for Thomas Wilkinson, Bookseller and Stationer, No. 40, Winetavern-street, the Corner of Cook-street,; where may be had all Kinds of Novels, School-books, Plays, and Merchants Account-books, with every Article in the Stationary Way.' Pages 59, 60, and half of page 13 comprise a list of items 'Just published by Thomas Wilkinson .. .' Inside front cover has handwritten note: 'Of Salkeld [?], Red Lion Street, London. 25-5.79. David Fitzgerald.].

11. The Story of the / Doctor of Smiedberg: / The / Countryman's / Journey to his Wife's Rich Relations: / The / Young Squaller; / or the Sad / Disasters of Poor Stephen, / The / Glassman. [N.B. The contents of this book are, however, headed 'The Interesting Pranks of Number Nip.' 24 pages: Illustration on front cover, 'drawn by W. M. Craig, and engraved by J. Nesbit,' captioned: 'Jane and her Children alarmed at the approach of the Frightful Figure who insisted on her giving him the Boy.' Imprint on front cover: 'London: Printed in St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, by S. Fisher, and Sold at No. 30, Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row; May also be had of all other Booksellers in Town and Country,' and on back cover: 'Printed by S. Fisher, Warwick Lane, Newgate Street. 1804.' Inside front cover has handwritten note: 'Tuesday 2 Septr. 1828' and in Fitzgerald's hand, 'Wednesday 23 September, 1885']w

12. The Pleasant and Delightful / History / of / Jack and the Giants. / Part the First. [12 pages: 5 cuts:

1. On front cover: Small figure with stone in sling facing giant with lance. 2. on page 4: Small figure with sword fighting giant. 3. on page 9: Male royal figure, with sword and orb in hand. 4. on page 10: Figure on horseback, 'flying' towards castle.

Imprint on front cover: 'Nottingham: Printed for the Running Stationers.' Cover bears handwritten note: 'D.F. Oct. 83 Reader [?] 2/6'].

13. The Pleasant and Delightful / History / of / Jack and the Giants. / Part the Second. [12 pages: 5 cuts:

i. On front cover: Small figure with sword, fighting giant (same as No. 2 in First Part, above). 2. on page 7: Small figure with sword slaying kneeling giant, dead giant in foreground, female on castle

battlements. 3. on page 9: In front of castle, figure chained to tree trunk, knight in armour with sword. 4. on page 10: Walking figure carrying standard on pole, 2 trumpeting heralds, army on horseback

entering right. 5. on page 12: Meal table, 2 figures at head, 4 smaller figures seated on each side.

Imprint on front cover: 'Nottingham: Printed for the Running Stationers']. 14. The Famous / History / of / Valentine & Orson, / The Two Sons of the / Emperor of Greece. I

Reader, you'll find this little Book contains / Enough to answer thy Experience and Pains. [24 pages: 5 cuts:

1. On front cover: Soldier with cloak and plumed helmet, on horseback. 2. on page 3: 6 children hand-in-hand in ring, one onlooker [musician?]. 3. on page 10: 2 knights jousting, with audience in background. 4. on page 12: Figure blowing horn at gates of castle. 5. on page 22: 4 female figures, one playing stringed instrument.

Imprint on front cover: 'London: Printed for, and Sold by C. Sheppard, No. 8, Aylesbury Street, Clerkenwell. (Price One Penny.) 1804. Mary Rhynd, Printer, 21, Ray Street, Clerkenwell'].

HOGMANAY 1443 IN WEST YORKSHIRE

R. E. YARWOOD

SHORTLY after Michaelmas 1444 Richard Whitwood, the collector of farms of Sir Robert Waterton in Methley, West Yorkshire, submitted his financial account for the preceding twelve months.' Although his business was concerned principally with the collection of rents from demesne lands and with expenditure on maintenance and

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