Lane
The ancient village to the east, is Codicote. It holds dark secrets.
In days of yore, the inhabitants were apparently a thuggish bunch. Travellers were advised to avoid passing through the village at all costs. Ignoring this advice might result in ugly confrontation, a head-bashing or a one-sided fight to the death. For the Codicotians loathed visitors and loved a fight.
Smart travellers trod a kind of mediaeval by-pass to the south... there to this day, Coward’s Lane... but maybe it’s more ‘Smartcookies Lane’. Better keep that quiet though or you might risk running for your life!
- Category: True Stories Told As Fiction
3 comments add one below
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firefly almost 3 years ago
Oh dear, Coward's Lane here I come! xD
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Christopher almost 3 years ago
I'd definitely choose Coward's Lane! Wouldn't go anywhere near the other place unless I was packing heat (and I don't think that's legal over there)!
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Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago
No Christopher we can’t ‘pack heat’ over here. I was no Coward today though as I needed to get some fish from the Grimsby fish man whom I had missed yesterday in our own village. I didn’t hang around long though.
But it is a true story, apparently.
