Hind Horn

He gives her a silver wand, and she gives him a diamond ring and tells him when the stones grow pale, he has lost her love.

It was tradition at the time that any beggar who came to the back door of a house to beg from the bride on a wedding day would receive whatever reasonable thing he asked for.

[4] The hero's absence, return, disguised arrival at the wedding feast, and recognition by dropping a ring into the bride's wine cup is a common motif found in both ballads and fairy tales,[4] such as Soria Moria Castle and The Raven.

[6] This can be found on Bandoggs (now unobtainable) eponymous LP, and Maddy Prior's 1998 CD Flesh & Blood and 1999 live Ballads & Candles.

An adapted version can be found on Lissa Schneckenburger's 2008 album Song entitled The Old Beggar Man.