> Never heard of the green man. What is that all about? the Green Man is a traditional figure representing the force of Nature and spring, I think. Probably pre-Christian but it is carved into a lot of churches here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man There was one carved in the parish church we went to when I was at school, although I can't find a picture of it, but this is the church (and the house I lived in - Elizabethan house on the right with 2 large gables at the ends and 4 smaller gables between): http://www.hobster.co.uk/Images/Balloon/church.jpg It finds its way into a lot of pub names. Here it was part of the scaffolding in the town where I was at school - this is where the locals used to hang people, so it was said: http://www.ashbourne-town.com/pubs/green/index.html -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 May 2007 03:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Green Man and Pig's Head > > In a message dated 5/7/2007 3:13:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The sun comes out for about 5 minutes, and all the heathens rush out > to conduct their foul pagan rituals: > > http://www.web-options.com/Mayday/ > > Bob > > =========== > Very nice gallery. Colorful, interesting bits and pieces, > especially the > green man and the pig's head. You guys have some interesting > native rituals. :-) > Never heard of the green man. What is that all about? > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
