THE GREEN MAN
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From high in the churches he stares down, looking over our shoulders, with unseeing eyes watching the years pass - a silent reminder of our pagan past.
A feature of many folk customs and celebrations, he is the Lord of the May and Jack-in-the-Green, in medieval literature, the Green Knight who challenges Sir Gawain to return in a year and a day. Whilst today, he can be found danceing with the Morris men across the village Green.
He personifies the strength and vitality of nature and the annual triumph of life bringing Spring over the barrenness of Winter.
