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Mother Lumpkin's Hole

 

Mother Lumpkin's Hole is a deep hollow in the bed of the Minsmere River near Rackford Bridge in the parish, which, according to local rumour, teems with carp as big as pigs, and pike the size of baby sharks. Here, a complete wagon and horses is said to have vanished into the hole. One who lived nearby has recalled that he was often warned away from the Hole, for fear that he be dragged in by the baleful monster that lived there.

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Source:

Allan Jobson: 'Suffolk Remembered' (Robert Hale, 1969), p.158

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