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Pied Piper of Hamelin Day
Pied Piper of Hamelin Day
The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin has been recounted in a number of literary works by authors including the Brothers Grimm and poet Robert Browning. Though legend says that the Pied Piper led the children out of Hamelin on June 26, 1284, Browning used the date July 22, 1376, for rhyming purposes.
"But when they saw 'twas a lost endeavour,
And Piper and dancers were gone for ever,
They made a decree that lawyers never
Should think their records dated duly
If, after the day of the month and year,
These words did not as well appear,
And so long after what happened here
On the Twenty-second of July,
Thirteen hundred and seventy-six:
And the better in memory to fix
The place of the children's last retreat,
They called it, the Pied Piper's Street -- "
Source: About.com
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