Wayland Wood (near Watton, Norfolk)
,said to be the scene of the Babes in the Wood, and a corruption of “Wailing Wood.”
said to be the scene of the Babes in the Wood, and a corruption of “Wailing Wood.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.