| Index Entry | Ram, black, in tradition of widow's estate |
| Location | East Enborne |
| Citation | NYG(B.735.011 8-15 Dec 1735:11 (529) Here I am, Riding upon a black ram, Like a whore as I am, . . . [9 more lines; poem is inserted in a letter about antiquity in manors of East and West Enborne. If a tenant dies, the widow receives what the law calls a Free-Bench (or the estate) while she lives single and chaste. But if she commits incontinency, she loses the estate, unless she comes into the court riding backward upon a black ram, with his tail in her hand, and says the above verse.] |
| Generic Title | New York Gazette (Bradford) |
| Date | 1735.12.15 |
| Publisher | Bradford, William |
| City, State | New York, NY |
| Year | 1735 |
| Bibliography | B0027716 |