Lyrical Ballads (1800)/Volume 2/Notes to the Poem of Michael
NOTES to the POEM of MICHAEL.
NOTE I.
Page 213—line 14 "There's Richard Bateman," &c. The story alluded to here is well known in the country. The chapel is called Ings Chapel; and is on the right hand side of the road leading from Kendal to Ambleside.
NOTE II.
Page 217—line 4 "——had design'd to build a sheep-fold." &c. It may be proper to inform some readers, that a sheep-fold in these mountains is an unroofed building of stone walls, with different divisions. It is generally placed by the side of a brook, for the convenience of washing the sheep; but it is also useful as a shelter for them, and as a place to drive them into, to enable the shepherds conveniently to single out one or more for any particular purpose.
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