By Museum of the Broads
Location: North NorfolkSource Description: Mardling from Coast to BroadSource Author: Various Norfolk school schildren, directed by Media Projects East, with help from The Museum of the Broads and Poppyline EducationEdition Statement: Publication Statement: http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/mardling/Date of Original: Date of Collection: Copyright: Media Projects East
The Yow Yows
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Based on tales told by generations of fishermen
on the North Norfolk Coast,
the Yow-Yows are said to be the ghosts of sailors
who were not given formal burials
with religious rites.
These animations explore two interpretations of the legend.
Sherringham and Cromer fishermen didn’t always get on. "Oi, Sherringham!" "Oi, Cromer!" "*rasp*"
One day a shipwreck washed up on the beach.
Neither side could agree who should bury the sailors. So they buried them in one big hole.
Their ghosts, known as Yow-Yows, came back to lure lonely fishermen to their doom.