[Northkeep] Trivia for the day

[Donna Hufford]

On this date in 1284 the legendary Pied Piper, whose name came from pied,
which meant colorful--a reference to his attire-is said to have led away and
drowned the 130 children of Hamelin, Brunswick, in present-day Germany after
he was underpaid for ridding the village of rats.
     From the "Forgotten English Calendar" by Jeffrey Kacirk

--and you thought it was just a fairy tale

Siobhan