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'''Barkston Ash''' is a small village and civil parish close to Selby in North Yorkshire, England. | '''Barkston Ash''' is a small village and civil parish close to Selby in North Yorkshire, England. | ||
A local legend has it that the ash tree which stands in the centre of the village and gives it its name also marks the exact centre of Yorkshire, and that anyone who spits at this tree will be struck by [[lightning (nonfiction)]] a [[year and a day later (nonfiction)]]. | A local legend has it that the ash tree which stands in the centre of the village and gives it its name also marks the exact centre of Yorkshire, and that anyone who spits at this tree will be struck by [[lightning (nonfiction)|lightning]] a [[year and a day later (nonfiction)]]. | ||
The Barkston Ash Folly, a [[rumbustious (nonfiction)|rumbustious]] and disorganised team game played by the young men of the village with pigs' bladders and "lighteners" (wooden staves), commemorated a mythical figure known as [[Jack Foll (nonfiction)|Jack Foll]] whom this accident is said to have befallen. | |||
The Barkston Ash Folly | The last recorded Barkston Ash Folly was in 1753. | ||
== In the News == | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Rumbustious lightning]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Jack Foll (nonfiction)]] | * [[Jack Foll (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Electricity (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Lightning (nonfiction)]] | * [[Lightning (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Rumbustious (nonfiction)]] | * [[Rumbustious (nonfiction)]] | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:49, 24 November 2021
Barkston Ash is a small village and civil parish close to Selby in North Yorkshire, England.
A local legend has it that the ash tree which stands in the centre of the village and gives it its name also marks the exact centre of Yorkshire, and that anyone who spits at this tree will be struck by lightning a year and a day later (nonfiction).
The Barkston Ash Folly, a rumbustious and disorganised team game played by the young men of the village with pigs' bladders and "lighteners" (wooden staves), commemorated a mythical figure known as Jack Foll whom this accident is said to have befallen.
The last recorded Barkston Ash Folly was in 1753.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Barkston Ash @ Wikipedia