Green children of Woolpit

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The legend of the Green Children of Woolpit concerns two children of unusual, greenish skin who reportedly appeared in the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England, sometime in the 12th century, possibly during the reign of King Stephen (r. 1135–1154).

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