[GretchenEE]

(In all seriousness, I never knew for sure whether Mr.Hood was a real flesh-and-blood dude anyway.)

Nor did I, and yet I lacked the courage to type that until I read your post. ;-) It was a part of my education that was unattended to and Mr. Hood came across to me from the murky young childhood years as being the stuff of myths only.

Hmmm ... wonder if that's where we get the term, "hoodlums"?

[blam]

"Hmmm ... wonder if that's where we get the term, "hoodlums"?"

Don't know but I sure like the idea.

[the_doc]

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a novel about a fictional guy very much like Robin Hood. It's an outstanding children's novel and not too shabby for adults to read, either. It's called The Black Arrow.

[No.6]

Hmmm ... wonder if that's where we get the term, "hoodlums"?

People who wished to remain anonymous while doing skulky things would pull a hood over their head (like those who use stockings or ski masks in modern day).

So "hoodlum" doesn't come from Robin Hood but they both have the same literary parentage.