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| On the "Miscellany Q&A" page of BBC History Magazine is the question "Who was Long Meg of Westminster?" Nick Rennison replies: "Long Meg was a folk heroine of the Elizabethan era who appeared as a character in ballads and pamphlets from the 1590s onwards. At least one play of the period was based on tales told of her. Tall and prodigiously strong, Meg was said to have dressed as a man and travelled with the army of Henry VIII to France where she challenged a French soldier to single combat and struck off his head. She was supposed to have been buried in Westminster Abbey. Much that was written of Meg was clearly fictional but it's likely that the stories were based on the life of a real person." Is it possible that this Elizabethan Long Meg of Westminster is somehow connected with the carved stone and/or stone circle? G x Reply | with quote |  5th January 2011ce 19:23 |
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