In around 1150, as the story goes, a group of villagers happened upon two children, a boy and a girl, who had green skin, spoke “gibberish,” and behaved nervously.
They were taken to the home of a local squire, Sir Richard de Calne, where they reportedly refused to eat for days until they found broad beans, which they ate ravenously.
The children lived with Richard de Calne for a number of years, eventually changing their diets and learning English. The change of diet resulted in the loss of their green skin color, and they were able to say where they came from, according to Historic UK. “We are inhabitants of the land of St. Martin, who is regarded with peculiar veneration in the country which gave us birth,” they are recording as having said. They didn’t know how they got to Woolpit, and stated they came from a place that saw little sunlight.
According to Historic UK, the most likely explanation is that the children were the lost offspring of Flemish immigrants who may have been persecuted or killed. The green coloration of their skin may have been the result of malnutrition, while their nervous behavior may have been attributable to post-trauma.
But that explanation carries the assumption that the legend is based on actual events, as opposed to having been entirely made up. Some historians theorized the story was an allegory for Britons, an indigenous group who lived on the land before Ango-Saxons dominated.
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