A maximum of 10 items at a time suitable for the current or forthcoming season will be accepted. Please bring items on hangers (where possible). All items should be freshly laundered and in pristine condition. Customers can bring in 10 items each month but no more than 10 at any one time. The encounter on the same day at St Mary's Church, Bungay was described in A Straunge and Terrible Wunder by Abraham Fleming in 1577: In Guernsey is Bodu or tchen Bodu ( tchen being dog in Dgèrnésiais). His appearance, usually in the Clos du Valle, foretells death of the viewer or someone close to him. [41] Capelthwaite [ edit ] Hausman, Gerald and Hausman, Loretta (1997). The Mythology of Dogs: Canine Legend St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-18139-6. Nevertheless, experts believe it was simply a Great Dane, one of the largest dog breeds in the world.

Porter, Enid (1969). Cambridgeshire customs and folklore: with Fenland material provided. Taylor & Francis. p.53. The 16th century saw great changes at St Mary’s. After 1536 when the Priory closed as a result of the dissolution of the lesser monasteries by King Henry VIII, the nuns quire and the nunnery buildings were allowed to go to ruin. Whilst the nave and aisles were retained as the parish church with the Reformation in the mid-16th century, much of the colour and carving, the great Rood, the statues and a host of other visual aids to teach the faithful were removed and the interior was equipped for the liturgical requirements of the reformed church with its services and scriptures in English. More damage was done by the Puritans in 1643-44 in their zeal to rid churches of superstitious images and inscriptions. For he was speechless, ghastly, wan Like him of whom the Story ran Who spoke the spectre hound in Man. Padfoot [ edit ] Barrett, Walter Henry (1963). Porter, Enid (ed.). Tales from the Fens. Routledge& Kegan Paul. ISBN 9780710010544.The Dark Huntsman". Legendarydartmoor.co.uk. 28 October 2007. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013 . Retrieved 18 June 2012. Wright, Elizabeth Mary (1913). Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. The festival features theatre, music and performance, art, literature, and history, offering exciting and thrilling activities for all ages and abilities, immersing visitors in the rich folklore of the region, set in the stunning natural environment of Bungay and the Waveney valley.

Deane & Shaw 2003, p. 44; also Semmens, Jason. '"Whyler Pystry": A Breviate of the Life and Folklore-Collecting Practices of William Henry Paynter (1901–1976) of Callington, Cornwall." Folklore 116, No. 1 (2005) pp. 75–94. McNab, Chris "Mythical Monsters: The scariest creatures from legends, books, and movies" in Scholastic Publishing 2006, pp. 8–9. Varner, Gary R. Creatures in the mist: little people, wild men and spirit beings around the world: a study in comparative mythology in Algora Publishing 2007, pp. 114–115. Campbell, John Gregorson (1900). Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons. Shipton, Clifford K (1970). Sibley's Harvard Graduates; Biographical Sketches of Those Who Attended Harvard College. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pp.404–406.Simpson, Jacqueline (1994). Penguin Book of Scandinavian Folktales. 15. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0140175806. New Bungay town reeve unveiled for 2023 as tradition continues". Beccles & Bungay Journal . Retrieved 3 January 2023. Northern cultures associated wild hunts with the change of the seasons from fall into winter, probably because strong, cold winds came blowing over the landscape and forced people indoors. Anyone who didn’t make it inside during the winter could freeze to death.