Ragman Rolls for legal instruments both in England and Scotland will be found in the preface to the Bannatyne Clubs volume, and in Jamiesons Scottish Dictionary, s.v. Ragman. Brewer's "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" defines "Ragman Roll" as follows: The name ragman roll survives in the colloquial rigmarole, a rambling, incoherent statement. Merriam Webster gives a very different account of the origin rigmarole and the term "Ragman Roll". The name of Ragman has been sometimes confined to the record of 1296. There is an account of this given in Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in the Public Record Office, London.
A Word of Science: The First and Final Chapter is today regarded as "an iconic British chart hit." "A Word of Science" was Nightmares on Wax's first album. Harper and third member Jon Halnon were not present for the production of the record, but nonetheless exerted what "Electronic Beats" described as "a significant influence on its composition." Evelyn has commented that he began work on the album in 1984 at age 14, a period when he began creating mixtapes with a friend. He told the "Detroit Metro Times" in 2014: "We'd make these mega-mixes, and use some film dialogue. We did one particular mega-mix, and somebody said that it