"Battle of the Frogs" Legend

Title

"Battle of the Frogs" Legend

Description

According to Larned, panicked Windham residents call out the militia in response to strange frog calls in June of 1754.

Source

Ellen Douglas Larned, History of Windham County, Connecticut, Volume I: 1600-1760 (Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton, 1874), 560-3.

Date

1754-06

Contributor

horn_allen

Abstract

There's a similar story about Thompson residents fleeing to a nearby swamp after getting false reports of a British advance on the town during the Revolution, thus becoming the original "Swamp Yankees." This type of story seems a recurring element in New England folklore.

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“"Battle of the Frogs" Legend,” History Digitized, accessed June 8, 2023, http://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/682.