| has gloss | eng: The green children of Woolpit reportedly appeared in the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England, during the reign of King Stephen in the 12th century. The only nearly contemporary accounts are given in the chronicle of Ralph of Coggeshall and William of Newburghs Historia rerum anglicarum, book I, xxvii, De viridibus pueris. Between that time and their rediscovery in the mid-19th century, the green children seem to surface only in Bishop Francis Godwins fantastical The Man in the Moone, where William of Newburgh's account is reported.<ref name=LawtonPP23-55/> |
