SHUCKLAND
Introduction
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Location: |
Happisburgh, NORFOLK |
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Encounter: |
A mother and her daughter were going home from a relative's house one moonlit
night when they encountered "'A master gret old dog...a gret shucky thing nearly as big as a calf...down by the Pulk Hole'." It made no sound "'neither coming nor going'", then it "'sort o' disappeared like'." For a while afterwards, the mother felt very nervous. |
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Source: |
Letter from Grace Potter in the 'Eastern Daily Press', 7/3/1953. |
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Comments: |
The story is from a conversation between the mother and another person, overheard by Grace Potter of Happisburgh. |
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Place Name: |
Happisburgh - OE 'Haep's fortified
place/fort' |
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Other: |
In Norfolk dialect, a 'pulk hole' is a muddy pool. |