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Thread #26634 Message #321451
Posted By: GUEST,CraigS
17-Oct-00 - 10:13 PM
Thread Name: Help: Who was Lord Gregory?
Subject: RE: Help: Who was Lord Gregory?
Just to add to the confusion - in Border ballads of this kind/period almost anyone who had a keep to live in was referred to in song as a lord - a sort of "courtesy title". There are still properties in the British Isles, ownership of which entitles the owner to be called Lord of Whatever the name of the house is, etc. The point is that in many cases only careful research of the history of a ballad will produce the right answers.