In the village where I live we have the remains of the only castle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, built by Lord Percy AKA Harry Hotspur. Legend has it that he made all the men of the village accompany him to fight at the Battle of Otterburn (or Chevy Chase as it is sometimes known) and that the only one who wasn't killed was Hotspur hiumself. I wrote a song about this and delight in singing it in the presence of the current owner of the castle and surrounding lands as it ends with the lines: "And if the knight should come again, when our sons have grown to men, we'll cut him down without a sound and burn his castle to the ground." The reaction was most interesting - thankfully the only custom that still remian from those days is the occasional burniong of a witch (we don't duck them first now, though, it makes them so hard to light).