# folklorethursday

Good Day!
A fête at Bermondsey by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder circa 1569
Oil on Panel
(Ownership unknown)

22 93
2020-06-17

The River Neckinger swirls with stories. Is it named for a water spirit or the noose that hung here? Did Cnut change its course in 1016? Chaucer's pilgrims crossed it. Dickens took Twist to Jacob's Island, the rookery in the marsh where its waters met the Thames

29 81
2019-11-07