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ROBIN HOOD'S BARN, RIDE OVER

ROBIN HOOD'S BARN, RIDE OVER
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a variation of go around Robin Hood's barn, arrive at the right conclusion by very roundabout methods. From the fact that Robin Hood had no barn, his granary was the cornfields o f the neighborhood. To go around his barn was to make a circuitous route around the neighboring fields. 3rd South African unpublished Appr GLS (19.3.92)