Knuckers and Knuckerholes - tales of water dragons and bottomless ponds
Knuckers and Knuckerholes (of Sussex) Knucker is a dialect word for a sort of water dragon, living in knuckerholes in Sussex, England. The word comes from the Old English nicor which means water monster and is used in the poem Beowulf. Unique to Sussex, these bottomless ponds remain cold during the hottest of days and are said to be homes to strange beasts. I included an Ice Knucker in book eleven of my series of novels set in an English bookshop, having mentioned them several times before in previous novels. Book 11 in the series: Winterland at The Secondhand Bookworm A tale of a local water dragon in a bottomless pond in the Duke of Cole's estate become more than just a story, with the vengeance-filled determination of James' cousin, Sir Robert Knightley. Cara has written and illustrated a book about the local legend and Nora faces a great terror when confronted with a madman, the ice knuckerhole and the Duke's cousin bent on harming James. Twists, turns and action in t