The Green Children of Woolpit

The legend of the Green Children of Woolpit recounts the tale of two very green children appearing in the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England sometime during the 12th century.

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One day at harvest time, the villagers discovered two children, dressed in very peculiar clothing, beside one of the wolf pits that gave the village its name.  The brother and sister appeared relatively normal except their skin was green, very green.  They spoke an unknown language and would only eat raw beans.  The villagers taught them English and got them to eat other food.  Eventually they lost their green color, but the boy got sickly and died soon after he and his sister were baptized.  The girl adjusted to her new life, but she was considered to be loose and wanton in her behavior.  After she learned to speak English, the girl explained that she and her brother had come from Saint Martin’s Land, a subterranean world where everything is green.

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