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Abby Sale's Happy Archive: 31st of July
Sale, a regular poster to uk.music.folk and rec.music.folk, explains the background of Child ballad 155 ("Little Sir Hugh"). Hugh disappeared on 31 July, 1255, and was found dead, in a well, nearly a month later.
Chaucer's Prioress
The Prioress's Tale is not wholly original: it is an even more bloodthirsty retelling of the story of Little Hugh of Lincoln.
Hugh or Little Hugh of Lincoln
Short article by Katherine I. Rabinstein tries to get to the true story behind the gruesome legend.
Little Sir Hugh
Lyrics for one of eighteen versions of this ballad collected by Child, MIDI file, background information on the story as told in the Annals of Waverly.
Little Sir Hugh (Child #155)
Ballad based on the story of "Little St. Hugh."
Of the cruel treatment of the Jews for having crucified a boy
The story of Young Hugh of Lincoln, as told in Matthew Paris's Chronica Majora.
St. Hugh
Article on Little St. Hugh of Lincoln, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
The mystery of St Hugh's Well, Lincoln
R.W. Morrell bought a 1910 postcard which allegedly depicted the well where Hugh's body was found. The building still stands, but the well shown on the postcard was a hoax.
