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The spur and the head
The prophecy came true.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- Iron bridge with roses
- Legend from
- Leicester legend
- Tone
- Grim
Where the spur strikes, the head will follow.
Story of Leicester says Speed (1611) records that Richard III struck his spur on Bow Bridge riding to Bosworth, and a woman (wise, old, or mad in different tellings) foretold his head would strike the same spot on his return; his body came back slung over a horse. The BBC retells the story.