Sunday, 13 February 2011

Showers of blood etc. over Lincolnshire

"In 1467 a great flood overflowed the district of Holland; and among the many prognosties of calamity, such as showers of blood &c, there appeared in the air armies, both foot and horse, conducted by St George with his red cross."

The History of Lincolnshire, Topographical, Historical and Descriptive  William Marratt  1857