{"id":24450,"date":"2025-02-17T22:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=24450"},"modified":"2025-02-17T22:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:50:10","slug":"the-flying-snails-of-theydon-bois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/the-flying-snails-of-theydon-bois\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flying Snails of Theydon Bois"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a legend that scores&nbsp;of flying smails&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Were frequently seen in the middle of the twelfth&nbsp;century&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the skies above Theydon Bois&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These were noted and illustrated in the Epping Drolleries&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have lived in the village for many years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I have never seen a flying snail&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although they can be seen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Occasionally at the tube station<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waiting for the London trains&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a legend that scores&nbsp;of flying smails&nbsp; Were frequently seen in the middle of the twelfth&nbsp;century&nbsp; In the skies above Theydon Bois&nbsp; These were noted and illustrated in the Epping Drolleries&nbsp; I have lived in the village for many years But I have never seen a flying snail&nbsp; Although they can be seen Occasionally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24451,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24450\/revisions\/24451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}