Witch
Byard's Leap and Old Meg
Byard lifted his head first.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- Leap markers by the road
- Legend from
- Cranwell parish
- Tone
- Thrilling
The blind horse that leapt.
Old Meg, a witch, harried the people near High Dyke. A hero chose the blind horse Byard because it lifted its head first from a pond. When the witch clawed at them, Byard sprang away. Stones or horseshoes by the road are said to mark where his hooves came down.