The Trysting Tree ~ Folklore

Many a romantic story features trysting trees, including the tales of Robin Hood and his merry men. In the 1845 version of the story, Maid Marion and Robin Hood are buried together under their 'Trysting Tree.' Scott's Ivanhoe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The White Company make several references to trysting trees.
Tom Cadrin.jpgAnd named a trysting day,And bade his messengers ride forthEast and west and south and north,To summon his array.~ A poem by Macaulay. In Sir Walter Scott's Waverley the...