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GREEN CHILDREN That "Came Out Of Nowhere"
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I remember reading about this when I was a kid.
The strange tale was told by two medevil chroniclers, Ralph of Coggeshall and William of Newburgh
One autumn during the reign of King Stephen (a.d.1135-54), some harvesters came upon two children, a boy and a girl, in a ditch. They were "clad in garments of a strange hue and unknown texture," but the most remarkable thing about them was their green skins. In his account, Ralph of Coggeshall added that nobody could understand their language. They were taken to the home of Sir Richard de Calne at Wilkes.
The boy died within a few weeks,the girl survived....
Accoding to her story, she and the boy had lived in a green, twilight world that they called St. Martins Land.Just before they were found, they had been transported from there in some kind of magical manner.
The estate at Wilkes certainly existed,and records show that there was a family named "de Calne" there in the 12th century. William of Newburgh freely admits that at first he refused to believe the tale: "I thought it ridiculous...until I was overwhelmed with the weight of so many and such credible witnesses"
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