Who wrote a song based on a character from English folklore in the Victorian era?
Spring-heeled Jack Spring-heeled Jack is an entity in English folklore of the Victorian era. The first claimed sighting of Spring-heeled Jack was in 1837. Later sightings were reported all over Great Britain and were especially prevalent in suburban London, the Midlands and Scotland.
On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at" or "On Ilkla Moor bar t'at" (Standard English: "On Ilkley Moor without a hat") is a folk song from Yorkshire, England. It is sung in the Yorkshire dialect, and is considered the unofficial anthem of Yorkshire. According to tradition, the words were composed by members of a Halifax church choir on an outing to Ilkley Moor near Ilkley, West Yorkshire.