Tam lin

Tam (or Tamas) Lin (also called Tamlane, Tamlin, Tomlin, Tam Lien, TamaLine, Tam Lyn, or Tam Lane) is a character in a legendary ballad originating from the Scottish Borders (Child 39, Roud 35). It is also associated with a reel of the same name, also known as the Glasgow Reel. The story revolves

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When a young woman, usually called Janet or Margaret, goes to Carterhaugh and plucks a double rose, Tam Lin appears and asks her why she has come without his leave and taken what is his. She states that she owns Carterhaugh because her father has given it to her, and the two sleep together. Janet later discovers that she is pregnant; when she returns to Carterhaugh, Tam reappears. He reveals that he was a mortal man, who, falling from his horse, was caught and captured by the Queen of…

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