Deadly Never-Green

English Alternative forms en Deadly never green Deadly Never Green Deadly Never-green Etymology A play on the conceit that the Tyburn tree (the gallows at Tyburn) was a real tree—a lethal one, devoid of greenery. Proper noun Deadly never-green en Tyburn tree. en 1867 Jacob Larwood; John Camden Hotten The History of Signboards John Camden Hotten https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZjyTpfgswfwC&pg=PA518&dq=%22Deadly+never+green%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8vsTQ1eqIAxV0ka8BHXYYEg8Q6AF6BAhYEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Deadly%20never%20green%22&f=false 518 64. A view of the The Road to Paddington,[i.e., Edgware Road] with a Representation of the Deadly Never Green that bears Fruit all the year round. This is Tyburn, with three felons hanging on it. en 1997 Brian P. Block; John Hostettler Hanging in the Balance Waterside Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rCDbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA29&dq=%22Deadly+never+green%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8vsTQ1eqIAxV0ka8BHXYYEg8Q6AF6BAheEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Deadly%20never%20green%22&f=false 29 They made him[Jack Sheppard, highwayman] a folk-hero, though eventually even he could not cheat the ‘Deadly Never-green’. After his execution he dangled on the gallows for 15 minutes before a soldier cut him down and the crowd tried in vain to resuscitate him. en 2016 1996 Howard Engel Lord High Executioner Open Road Media https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KDBeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT39&dq=%22Deadly+never+green%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8vsTQ1eqIAxV0ka8BHXYYEg8Q6AF6BAgZEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Deadly%20never%20green%22&f=false unnumbered He was too young, of course, to remember Tyburn, although his father might have told him tales of the Deadly Never-Green or Three-legged Mare.