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The Earl of Errol is child ballad 231, existing in several variants. ==Synopsis== The earl marries; the bride, if named, is Kate; some variants mention the agreement about her dowry. In various combinations, though always in the order: *a rumor starts that he was unable to consummate the marriage; *the bride declares that her clothing still fits as before (she is not becoming plumper, owing to pregnancy); *a man tells her that her father is selling land to pay her dowry, and she declares there is no need; *she flees him, to go to law and have the marriage set aside. In one variant, where she had fled, her sister angrily declares that she would not have shamed her lord like that. In most, however, the earl takes a mistress (often named Peggy or Meggie), and she bears him a son ninth months later. If the bride had not fled, he sends her back to her father. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Earl of Errol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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