Robin Hood

Remember him? Robs from the rich to give to the poor? That's one way to look at it.

This is the other way.

Well Done! Yes, I know the story is fiction. Still, it's a rousing tale.

We all know Robin to be an allegorical figure, but I've always been captivated by what purports to be his epitaph, carved on a stone at Kirklees Priory.

Hear undernead dis laitl stean
Lais Robert Earl of Huntingun
Near arcir der as hie sa geud
An pipl kauld im Robin Heud
Sic utlaws as hi an is men
Vil England nivr si agen.

Obiit 24 Kal Dekembris 1247

Poster stolen shamelessly from SondraK.