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Thread #80230   Message #1461185
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
14-Apr-05 - 12:41 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: The Dorset Ooser - what happened to it?
Subject: RE: Folklore: The Dorset Ooser - what happened to it?
For the Dorset Ooser, the folklorist John Udal wrote about it - it's in the pamphlet I can't find.....

The Melbury Osmond Ooser had a hinged jaw and a pair of bullocks horns, with a 'third eye' clearly seen between the eyebrows. There is another example of this third eye in a carving on the church at Loders, Bridport. This is another horned face, with a very clear 'third eye' (from 'Sacred Dorset on the path of the Dragon', by Peter Knight).

I've obviously put this pamphlet in a very safe place because it's not in any of the three most likely places. I'll keep looking.

LTS