Yellowbelly (Copthorne) (original) (raw)
A Yellowbelly is a native-born resident of Copthorne, West Sussex, England. The origin of this nickname is uncertain, but a number of explanations have been offered. These include: * The men of Copthorne used to smelt iron and make charcoal in the woods around the village, stripped to the waist, and their bellies turned yellow in the smoke; * Copthorne Rovers, a local soccer club, was known as the Yellow Bellies, and the nickname was then applied to the whole community; * Bellies became yellow while crawling through fields of buttercups to poach game; * In a local iron quarry, the men became covered in yellow dust; * The gypsies on the common placed a gold sovereign on the belly buttons of their new-born children; * The early Saxons living in this area used yellow ochre, found in the
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| dbo:abstract | A Yellowbelly is a native-born resident of Copthorne, West Sussex, England. The origin of this nickname is uncertain, but a number of explanations have been offered. These include: * The men of Copthorne used to smelt iron and make charcoal in the woods around the village, stripped to the waist, and their bellies turned yellow in the smoke; * Copthorne Rovers, a local soccer club, was known as the Yellow Bellies, and the nickname was then applied to the whole community; * Bellies became yellow while crawling through fields of buttercups to poach game; * In a local iron quarry, the men became covered in yellow dust; * The gypsies on the common placed a gold sovereign on the belly buttons of their new-born children; * The early Saxons living in this area used yellow ochre, found in the local clay, to colour the walls of their homes; * An outsider wishing to marry a Copthorne girl had to cross their prospective bride's belly with gold sovereigns; * The old villagers wore gold strapped to their bellies * A scurrilous story was spread by the residents of the neighbouring village of Crawley Down about urination habits in Copthorne; and * Local smugglers would run away if they thought they were likely to be caught. The Crooked Brook Beer Company Limited, a brewery in Copthorne, was known until 2014 as the Yellowbelly Brewery. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | A Yellowbelly is a native-born resident of Copthorne, West Sussex, England. The origin of this nickname is uncertain, but a number of explanations have been offered. These include: * The men of Copthorne used to smelt iron and make charcoal in the woods around the village, stripped to the waist, and their bellies turned yellow in the smoke; * Copthorne Rovers, a local soccer club, was known as the Yellow Bellies, and the nickname was then applied to the whole community; * Bellies became yellow while crawling through fields of buttercups to poach game; * In a local iron quarry, the men became covered in yellow dust; * The gypsies on the common placed a gold sovereign on the belly buttons of their new-born children; * The early Saxons living in this area used yellow ochre, found in the (en) |
| rdfs:label | Yellowbelly (Copthorne) (en) |
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