A dish is brought to the table of the Border chiefs of Northumberland: instead of food, the dish contains a spur, indicating that the men should ride out and plunder for food. Photograph after W.B. Scott.

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A dish is brought to the table of the Border chiefs of Northumberland: instead of food, the dish contains a spur, indicating that the men should ride out and plunder for food. Photograph after W.B. Scott.