Buckriders
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The Buckriders (called the bokkenrijders in Dutch) is a legend of Limburg. There are however as many versions of the legend as there are story tellers.
[edit] The legend
As the legend goes, the Buckriders[1] were a gang of ruthless robbers who made the Overmaas region (the current Limburg) an unsafe place to live from the 1730s to the 1780s. It was said that the members had made a pact with Satan and rode through the sky on the backs of goats.
[edit] Notes & references
- ^ Limburg, Land van de Bokkerrijders (Mythe-Historie-Fictie), José(phus) SPEETJENS, 2006, ISBN 99904-0-591-3, 420p. Ed. Stichting Bokkeryder, Groot-Genhout 6191 NT Beek (L), fax: 046-4374600.
[edit] External links
- (Dutch) Over Bokkenrijders
- (Dutch) De Bokkenrijders
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