good fellow
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Keightley's Fairy Mythology says he is only our old friend Robin Good-fellow, Milton's lubber fiend, the Hob Goblin.
From Abbeychurch by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Robin Good-fellow grieved to see a man of such wealth do so little good, and therefore practised to better him in this manner.
From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank
Robin Good-fellow, seeing their love to him, danced in the midst of them, and sung them this song to the tune of To him Bun.
From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank
In these islands, according to an old rhyme, Some call him Robin Good-fellow, ��Hob-goblin, or mad Crisp, And some againe doe tearme him oft ��By name of Will the Wisp.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
Do thus, and all the world shall know The pranks of Robin Good-fellow; For by that name thou called shalt be To age's last posterity.
From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank
