Editing Swaffham (section)

==Folklore==
[[File:Swaffham map1946.png|thumb|A map of Swaffham from 1946]]
Swaffham is one of the many locations for ''The Man Who Became Rich through a Dream'' folk tale ([[Aarne-Thompson classification system|Aarne-Thompson]] type 1645). The tale tells of a [[Pedlar of Swaffham|pedlar from Swaffham]] who dreamed for several consecutive nights that if he waited on [[London Bridge]] he would eventually hear good news. He travelled to London, and waited for several days on the bridge. Eventually a [[shopkeeper]] asked him why he was waiting, and the man told of his dream. The shopkeeper laughed, and replied that he often dreamed that if he went to a certain [[orchard]] in Swaffham and started digging, he would find [[buried treasure]]. The pedlar returned to Swaffham, and found the treasure.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ashliman |first=D. L. |title=The Man Who Became Rich through a Dream: Folktales of Type 1645 |url=http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type1645.html#swaffham |publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]] |access-date=22 August 2014 }}</ref>

In medieval folklore, a black, hairy dog called the [[Black Shuck]] was rumoured to have wandered the three settlements of Swaffham, [[Castle Acre]], and [[Great Cressingham]], ambushing merchants who were on their way to large towns to sell their goods. There are still rumours of a puma-like black cat wandering around [[Norfolk]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Long|first=Jessica|date=2016-08-27|title=Is this the infamous Norfolk panther prowling near Saxlingham Nethergate?|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/is-this-the-infamous-norfolk-panther-prowling-near-saxlingham-nethergate-893884|access-date=2021-10-01|website=Eastern Daily Press|language=en-UK}}</ref> and [[Cambridgeshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Raymond|date=2019-05-18|title='Big cat map' reveals police reports of Fen Tiger sightings near you|url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/fen-tiger-sightings-shepreth-wildlifepark-16292389|access-date=2021-10-01|website=CambridgeshireLive|language=en}}</ref>