Pyrotechnics - The History and Art of Firework Making, Part 1
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The Origins of the Green Man
One account of a procession to the Chester races on St. George's day, 1610, commences as follows. Two men in green ivy, set with work upon their other habit, with black hair and black beards, are very ugly to behold. The office of this performer was to head processions, carrying fire clubs and scattering fireworks, probably sparks to clear the way. It seems quite within the bounds of possibility that these two figures were introduced into Danish displays as a complement to royalty,. Later they appeared in England and became, as it were, a climatized. character.
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