Folklore: The Cerne Abbas Giant

Subject: Folklore: The Cerne Abbas Giant
From: Jack Campin
Date: 12 May 21 - 05:45 PM

We now know how old he is!

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cerne-giant/news/national-trust-archaeologists-surprised-by-likely-age-of-cerne-abbas-giant-

Subject: RE: Folklore: The Cerne Abbas Giant
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 12 May 21 - 05:50 PM

Yes, but his RISE to fame may be more recent;-)

Subject: RE: Folklore: The Cerne Abbas Giant
From: Reinhard
Date: 12 May 21 - 06:24 PM

Tim Laycock made an album "Giant at Cerne" on Dingle's Records in 1984, withe the title song written by him.

Subject: RE: Folklore: The Cerne Abbas Giant
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 13 May 21 - 05:41 AM

Nicola Clark introduces her song 'Cerne Abbas Giant' aided by her own art work to the delight of her audience at Tetbury Town Hall, Gloucestershire. Cerne Abbas Giant is a revealing and inspiring story based on a real life experience which occured on Nicola's 45th birthday.

Nicola Clark
        
Also The Cerne Abbas Giant by The Bad Detectives
From the Album The Best (& The Rest) of the Bad Detectives 1 May 2020Also

Subject: RE: Folklore: The Cerne Abbas Giant
From: GUEST,Nick Dow
Date: 13 May 21 - 11:17 AM

The Rev. Gundry, acted as host to the Hammond Brothers when they were collecting songs at Cerne. He was a singer himself. It was poor old Gundry who invented the tale for his Sunday school, that the Giant was in fact a tailor, and those were his scissors in his lap.
Must have been a little difficult preaching Victorian values of sexual restraint with a 24 foot long nadger staring down at him from the local hill. I've still got back ache from all that measuring! (The Giant I mean =).