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The 'dun cow' is a common motif in English folklore. "Dun" is a dull shade of brownish grey.
The 'Dun Cow' of Dunsmore Heath was a savage beast slain by Guy of Warwick. A huge tusk, probably that of an elephant, is still shown at Harwich Castle as one of the horns of the Dun Cow.
The fable is that this cow belonged to a giant, and was kept on Mitchell's Fold (middle fold), Shropshire. Its milk was inexhaustible; but one day an old woman who had filled her pail, wanted to fill her sieve as well. This so enraged the cow, that she broke loose from the fold and wandered to Dunsmore Heath, where she was slain by Guy of Warwick.
Isaac Taylor, in his ''Words and Places'' (p. 269), says the dun cow is a corruption of the ''Dena Gau'' or Danish settlement in the neighbourhood of Warwick. ''Gau'', in German, means ''region, country''. If this explanation is correct, the great achievement of Guy of Warwick was a victory over the Danes, and taking from them their settlement near Warwick.
:''(From the 1898 edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable).''
Legend states that Durham was founded in 995 AD, when a group of monks from Lindisfarne were led to the location that became the city by milkmaids searching for a lost dun cow, which was found resting on the spot. There is a street near Palace Green named Dun Cow Lane, and a public house in the city named for the legend. A frieze (right) depicting the event is carved on the exterior of Durham Cathedral.
There are many public houses in the United Kingdom called The Dun Cow - see Dun Cow (public house).
A pub called The Dun Cow in Sedgefield, County Durham was visited jointly by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and American President George W. Bush in 2003.
★ Lebor na hUidre, ''The Book of the Dun Cow''
★ The Book of the Dun Cow (novel)
★ Buwch Frech
The 'dun cow' is a common motif in English folklore. "Dun" is a dull shade of brownish grey.
| Contents |
| Dunsmore Heath |
| Durham |
| Pubs |
| See also |
Dunsmore Heath
The 'Dun Cow' of Dunsmore Heath was a savage beast slain by Guy of Warwick. A huge tusk, probably that of an elephant, is still shown at Harwich Castle as one of the horns of the Dun Cow.
The fable is that this cow belonged to a giant, and was kept on Mitchell's Fold (middle fold), Shropshire. Its milk was inexhaustible; but one day an old woman who had filled her pail, wanted to fill her sieve as well. This so enraged the cow, that she broke loose from the fold and wandered to Dunsmore Heath, where she was slain by Guy of Warwick.
Isaac Taylor, in his ''Words and Places'' (p. 269), says the dun cow is a corruption of the ''Dena Gau'' or Danish settlement in the neighbourhood of Warwick. ''Gau'', in German, means ''region, country''. If this explanation is correct, the great achievement of Guy of Warwick was a victory over the Danes, and taking from them their settlement near Warwick.
:''(From the 1898 edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable).''
Durham
Legend of the founding of Durham depicted on cathedral
Legend states that Durham was founded in 995 AD, when a group of monks from Lindisfarne were led to the location that became the city by milkmaids searching for a lost dun cow, which was found resting on the spot. There is a street near Palace Green named Dun Cow Lane, and a public house in the city named for the legend. A frieze (right) depicting the event is carved on the exterior of Durham Cathedral.
Pubs
There are many public houses in the United Kingdom called The Dun Cow - see Dun Cow (public house).
A pub called The Dun Cow in Sedgefield, County Durham was visited jointly by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and American President George W. Bush in 2003.
See also
★ Lebor na hUidre, ''The Book of the Dun Cow''
★ The Book of the Dun Cow (novel)
★ Buwch Frech
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