did little to produce a love which was “un-limited”

(46) In this place, and in the first line of the following verse, the name of the horse is generally inserted by the singer; and 'Filpail' is often substituted for 'the cow' in a subsequent verse.

(47) The 'swearing-in' is gone through by females as well as the male sex. See Hone's YEAR-BOOK.

(48) A fig newly gathered from the tree; so called to distinguish it from a grocer's, or preserved fig.

(49) This line is sometimes sung -

O! I went into the stable, to see what I could see.

(50) Three cabbage-nets, according to some versions.

(51) This is a common phrase in old English songs and ballads. See THE SUMMER'S MORNING, POST, p. 229.

(54) The high-road through a town or village.