David of Doncaster David of Doncaster David of Doncaster is a member of Robin Hood's Merry Men in English folklore. Doncaster is a town near Barnsdale, where early ballads placed Robin Hood. He appears in one ballad in the Child collection, "Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow". The sheriff is giving an archery contest, and David, "a brave young man," warns Robin against going, because it is a trap. He reappears in later adaptations, both books and movies. In Howard Pyle's "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood", he appears as one of the youngest in the band, and a wrestler. In "A Gest
Valuas (folklore) Before that they were carried in ecclesiastical processions as the biblical Goliath and his wife for centuries. The Bishop of Roermond said that despised puppets of Goliath and his wife had to disappear. The people of Venlo did not want that and devised the story of the Bructeri chief. So, Venlo does not owe its name to Valuas, but rather Valuas owes his name to Venlo. Valuas (folklore) Bructer Valuas (in short:Valuas) is the name of a legendary chief of the Bructeri, exclusively known from a Venlo folklore tale. The name might be a corruption of Goliath. According to the