10 September, 2006

Green Man causes trouble.

At a well dressing service, the Rector of Eyam has refused to bless one of the wells because it depicts a pagan symbol: the Green Man.

Odd. Quite a few cathedrals (including Canterbury, Gloucester, Exeter and Carlisle) and many other churches have Green Man carvings.

Originally well dressing was a pagan festival which was banned by the church.

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