Editing Dunstan (section)

===In literature and folklore===
[[English literature]] contains many references to him: for example, in ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]],{{efn|"Foggier yet, and colder! Piercing, searching, biting cold. If the good Saint Dunstan had but nipped the Evil Spirit's nose with a touch of such weather as that, instead of using his familiar weapons, then, indeed, he would have roared to lusty purpose".{{Sfn|Dickens|1893|p=24}} }} and in this folk rhyme: 
<poem>St Dunstan, as the story goes,
Once pull'd the devil by the nose
With red-hot tongs, which made him roar,
That he was heard three miles or more.{{sfn|Hone|1825|p=670}}</poem>

This [[Folklore|folk]] story is already shown in an [[initial]] in the ''Life of Dunstan'' in the Canterbury ''Passionale'', from the second quarter of the 12th century ([[British Library]], Harley MS 315, f. 15v.).{{sfn|Dunning|2016}}

[[Image:Dunstan and the Devil - Project Gutenberg eText 13978.png|thumbnail|upright=1.2|Dunstan shoeing the Devil's hoof, as illustrated by [[George Cruikshank]]]]
Daniel Anlezark has tentatively suggested that Dunstan may be the medieval author of the poem ''[[Solomon and Saturn]]'', citing the style, word choice, and [[Hiberno-Latin]] used in the texts.{{sfn|Anlezark|2009|p=}} However, Clive Tolley examines this claim from a linguistic point-of-view and disagrees with Anlezark's claim.{{sfn|Tolley|2010|pp=166-168}}

Another story relates how Dunstan nailed a [[horseshoe]] to the Devil's foot when he was asked to re-shoe the Devil's cloven hoof. This caused the Devil great pain, and Dunstan only agreed to remove the shoe and release the Devil after he promised never to enter a place where a horseshoe is over the door. This is claimed as the origin of the lucky horseshoe.{{sfn|Lawrence|1899|p=91}}

A further legend relating to Dunstan and the Devil relates to the last frosty nights of the year, said to often occur as late as St Dunstan’s Day, when apple trees are in blossom. On occurring so late, these frosts are known as “Franklin Nights”. The story goes that Dunstan was a great [[Brewing|brewer]] and negotiated an agreement whereby the Devil could blast the blossom of local apple trees with frost, damaging the [[Cider apple|cider]] crop so that Dunstan's own beer would sell more readily.<ref>{{cite web|title=Franklin's Nights|website=Legends of Dartmoor |url= https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/franklin-nights.htm|access-date=19 May 2022|first=Tim |last=Sandles |date=17 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weather Eye|website=The Times|url= https://www.thetimes.com/travel/advice/weather-eye-may-19-2003-3p3kqrkdqdl |access-date=4 April 2025|first=Paul |last=Simons |date=19 May 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Franken’s Nights Legend|website=Bonny Green |url=https://www.bonnygreen.uk/franken.html|access-date=4 April 2025|first=Colin |last=Andrew}}</ref>