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the green man

  1. Hospitaller

    Mummers Plays, The Green Man Etc.

    Sweepers I recall a letter or short piece in FT a couple of years back about the Sweepers, a secret society in the ?Pennines who hum outside houses on ?New Year's Eve and then rush in and sweep the house out. Apparently they dress up to disguise their identity and membership is inherited, going...
  2. P

    The Green Man

    Does anyone know the origin of the green man, is it a british, phenonomen or a worldwide thing?
    • Pete Younger
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    • foliate heads folklore green man jack in the green personifications the green man
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    • Forum: General Forteana
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