The Burryman

He's surrounded by people.

The Burry Man, he was like, what? And absolutely incensed, he went red in the face.

And I was like, I'll find him myself.

And I wondered off.

Thanks so much.

I came back the other way following the Burry Man, and this guy was in full panic mode, opening the door to a man covered in flowers, being like, I'm so sorry.

As I walked past, I didn't know.

No one told me.

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uh many so you know this is just one example of many sort of plant effigies in british um occult lore um but many effigies are of mysterious antecedent, such as the Burry Man of Queen's Ferry near Edinburgh.

This peculiar figure appears annually on July 8th, the night before Ferry Fair, covered in thistle and teasel burrs, his head wreathed in flowers, a staff in each hand, he never speaks, but goes from house to house collecting tribute.

His equivalent in the agricultural east of England is the Straw Bear, a man clad in all straw who appears on Plough Monday, the Monday after Epiphany.

The idea of tribute and sacrifice are central to such figures.

In the case of male figures, the Jack in the Green is given the prettiest girl in the village as his bride.

This was once literally true, since may rights are fertility rights, and the Burry Man demands money or food.

Same.