"In the time of the first Robert de Clifford, in the year 1333 
      or 1334, Edward Baliol king of Scotland came into Westmoreland, 
      and stayed some time with the said Robert at his castles of 
      Appleby, Brougham, and Pendragon. And during that time they ran a 
      stag by a single greyhound out of Whinfell Park to Redkirk, in 
      Scotland, and back again to this place; where, being both spent, 
      the stag leaped over the pales, but died on the other side; and 
      the greyhound, attempting to leap, fell, and died on the contrary 
      side. In memory of this fact the stag's horns were nailed upon a 
      tree just by, and (the dog being named Hercules) this rhythm was 
      made upon them:
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            'Hercules killed Hart a greese,
             And Hart a greese killed Hercules.'
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      The tree to this day bears the name of Hart's-horn Tree. The horns 
      in process of time were almost grown over by the growth of the 
      tree, and another pair was put up in their place."--"Nicholson and 
      Burns's History of Westmoreland and Cumberland."
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        The tree has now disappeared, but I well remember its imposing 
      appearance as it stood, in a decayed state, by the side of the 
      highroad leading from Penrith to Appleby. This whole neighbourhood 
      abounds in interesting traditions and vestiges of antiquity, viz. 
      Julian's Bower; Brougham and Penrith Castles; Penrith Beacon, and 
      the curious remains in Penrith Churchyard; Arthur's Round Table, 
      and, close by, Maybrough; the excavation, called the Giant's Cave, 
      on the banks of the Emont; Long Meg and her Daughters, near Eden, 
      etc.