tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744112993973771938.post3515113854080991952..comments2024-03-27T00:19:53.428-07:00Comments on Matt Salusbury: The woodwoses of SuffolkMatt Salusburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622616795878998427noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744112993973771938.post-37898402857202602342017-09-29T07:44:02.115-07:002017-09-29T07:44:02.115-07:00Great article. I've posted a link to it in my ...Great article. I've posted a link to it in my own piece about Suffolk's wodewoses: http://secretsuffolk.com/suffolks-hairy-wild-men/MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02968326388238845845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744112993973771938.post-84234340743624761032017-09-12T16:44:26.067-07:002017-09-12T16:44:26.067-07:00I found this article after seeing a carving of a W...I found this article after seeing a carving of a Woodwose on a gatehouse dated 1534 at Wolfeton House, Charminster, near Dorchester and wanting to know more. Despite having lived in Suffolk for 9 years I hadn't come across Woodwose before. Thank you, the article was very informative.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06087013084161050723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744112993973771938.post-71298589559947958102017-05-11T08:19:54.297-07:002017-05-11T08:19:54.297-07:00This is a fabulous article. Only recently have I r...This is a fabulous article. Only recently have I realised how the curious carved figure on the porch at Peasenhall church has been an inconspicuous constant throughout my adult life. <br /><br />I grew up in Leiston, in 1985 I married a local Peasenhall girl at St. Micheal's. We stepped through the porch into our new life, greeted by confetti, tree blossom & sheep grazing in the church ground. Due to my work (RAF) we moved away, finally settling down in Wiltshire 16 years later. However being a proud local born girl, my wife insisted that both our daughters be christened at St. Micheal's. I recall proudly stepping through the porch carrying our most treasured bundles of new life, greeted by friends and family waiting in the church yard.<br /><br />Over the years we've made regular 220 mile trips to visit the in-laws at Peasenhall and nearly always ended up taking a walk to (our) church. I would often spy the curious figure looking back down on me and sometimes I would point out the hairy man sculpture to my young daughters, now in their 20's. Many times I have gazed with intrigue upon the Peasenhall woodwose and quietly promised myself that one day I would find out his curious purpose was..... only to let that promise lapse. <br /><br />Well thanks to you I now know a little more although to be honest I'm perfectly happy to still have a little mystery. <br /><br />And although I am conscious that I never actively pursued my promises, I'm certain that the woodwose or indeed the craftsman that created him wouldn't have minded. Indeed I always had a suspicion or a sense if you will that all would be revealed in the fullness of time & that the woodwose would continue to look out benevolently over my family (whenever we chose to visit him).<br /><br />I will now be mapping out a cycling tour of woodwose for when we next visit the in-lawsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18039951074956541697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744112993973771938.post-34225417953388995632015-07-17T06:34:33.863-07:002015-07-17T06:34:33.863-07:00I think Rehill must be referring to an article I w...I think Rehill must be referring to an article I wrote on another website, <i>The Freelance</i>, on Martin O'Hagan at http://www.londonfreelance.org/fl/1507moh.html letters to the editors via editor@londonfreelance.orgMatt Salusburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622616795878998427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744112993973771938.post-52314367216738331152015-07-06T08:27:26.141-07:002015-07-06T08:27:26.141-07:00Very Fortean! On a more modern note, murder of O&#...Very Fortean! On a more modern note, murder of O'Hagan, ask who killed Eddie Fullerton?Ciaran Gogginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14356184898689725495noreply@blogger.com