 Robin Hood meets with a "jolly" butcher on horseback, on his way to sell his meat at a fair (1.9).Robin appreciates the butcher's good nature and asks him about his trade and where he lives.The butcher refuses to say where he lives, but tells Robin he is going to a fair in Nottingham, and in response Robin queries him about the price of his meat and horse, interested in becoming a butcher himself (although, in some variants he fights with the butcher).