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Mistletoe Bough
The tale referred to in this song, about Lord Lovel's daughter,
is related by Rogers in his Italy, where the lady is called
“Ginevra.” A similar narrative is given by Collet in his Relics of
Literature, and another is among the Causes Célèbres.
Marwell Old Hall, once the residence of the Seymour, and afterwards
of the Dacre family, has a similar tradition attached to it, and
(according to the Post Office Directory) “the very chest became
the property of the Rev. J. Haygarth, a rector of Upham.”
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