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re: Harry potter - not wanting to put the actual info into article as not verified - yet - but apparently, near the stone circle in porlock there is the ghost of a horse which accounts for the ponies there not going near the circle after dusk...

"The road goes right past the stones here, and they say you will rarely see hill ponies grazing around them after dusk. Horses being ridden refuse to go along the lane. The spectre that haunts the area is of a horse, and people tell of hooves clattering hollowly along the hard surface of the road when no horse is there.

Mentioned by S Toulson in her 'Moors of the Southwest, v1.' 1983. " - taken from the website: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2220 - again, unsure about this referencing, but if someone wants to add - might tie up the Harry potter 'porlock=guardian of horses' to such - either that or just adds to porlock stone circle...

Crescent 11:06, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

This should be in the porlock section surely, not this section on the Colerdfige quote.

[edit] Proposed merger

I agree that it makes no sense to have the material scattered across two pages. However, since the 'person from Porlock' is almost certainly more famous (and arguably more important) than Porlock itself, I would favour the removal of the material about Coleridge to the Person from Porlock page, leaving the Porlock page to discuss the village in its own right. --Vneiomazza 18:16, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree, go for it. —Keenan Pepper 01:58, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the proposal, but aren't the tags the wrong way around? They currently suggest that Person from Porlock be merged into this article, whereas you're saying the opposite. Ziggurat 23:18, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I strongly disagree, Porlock as a town is significant in it's own right yet has very little to do with Coleridge himself. The person from Porlock sould be seen as an independent figure more associated with Coleridge than a seaside town. . —xstackx 12:00, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Um, did you actually read what Vneiomazza wrote? It seems like you agree to me... —Keenan Pepper 20:04, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

This proposal seems confusing indeed, for it appears to be the opposite of what is explained here. My view: there should be two separate articles, as there are now; and the "Person" article should only deal with the Coleridge material, and not the actual town (as it does now). EuroSong ^talk 11:50, 3 September 2006 (UTC)