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Microfilm of two manuscripts of ballads collected by Mrs Anne Brown, wife of the minister of Falkland.
Item
Identifier: MS.15550 [Mf.MSS.29]
Scope and Contents
One ballad was given by Anne Brown to William Tytler in 1783, the other to Alexander Fraser Tytler in 1800; both were used by Sir Walter Scott for ‘The minstrelsy of the Scottish Border’, but only the latter was available to Francis J Child for his ‘The English and Scottish popular ballads’ (see volume 5, page 397).
Dates:
18th century.