Just a silly for today. Horsham is riddled with dragons and has two tales of its very own. I have shamelessly copied and pasted the text from a previous post about the story of St Leonard and his encounter with a dragon [spoiler alert it doesn't end well for the poor creature] and put up a link to my other post which covers the dragon pamphlet for anyone who might be interested https://gnatbottomedtowers.blogspot.com/2014/08/happy-400th-birthday.html. The new bench appeared in our local park a couple of weeks ago. Have a fab weekend! Arilx
'The wood gets it name from the 6th century French Saint Leonard who happened to be hanging around this part of the Wealden forest for reasons unknown [it's sounding more plausible by the moment]. To pass the time he slew the resident dragon which was giving the villagers a bit of trouble and in the process accidentally cut himself. Saint's blood is potent stuff and where it fell supposedly lily of the valley now grows. As a reward Leonard got to banish all the snakes and silence all the nightingales so that his prayers wouldn't be disturbed by their singing.'
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HE SILENCED THE NIGHTINGALES??? I can see the snakes, but the nightingales?. That dragon slayer sounds like an arse.
ReplyDeleteI'll buy into all of it except banishing nightingales - he should have been rejoicing in their sweet sound.
ReplyDeleteI'd happily sit on that bench. Not because I don't believe in dragons, mind you, but because I think it's rubbish and most dragons are friendly creatures. But then again, perhaps I am being a bit naive! xxx
ReplyDeleteHave you seen this: "Do not rile a dragon, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."
ReplyDeleteThe poor nightingales! That bench message is excellent! I'd sit there though!x
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