The term rageman is applied to the devil in “Piers Ploughman,” 335.
Rag-stag
See “[Stag Warning].”
Rakes and Roans
A boys’ game, in which the younger ones are chased by the larger boys, and when caught carried home pick-a-back.—Halliwell’s Dictionary.
Moor (Suffolk Words and Phrases) says this game is often called “Rakes” only, and is the same, probably, that is thus alluded to: “To play Reaks, to domineer, to show mad pranks.” The jest of it is to be carried home a pig-back, by the less swift wight who you may catch.
Rakkeps
A game among boys [undescribed].—Dickinson’s Cumberland Glossary.