Legend of the Brno Dragon
Once upon a time, a huge dragon appeared in Brno . He ate poultry and strangled lambs, and people were very scared of him. Merchants started to stay out of the city, women could not go to the market. Councillors racked their brains as to how to get rid of him, and in the end announced a reward for the killing of the dragon. However, for a long time, nobody was brave enough to face such a monster. One day, a travelling butcher volunteered to try. He sewed up burnt lime into an ox skin, and hid it in the grass. The dragon smelled the ox skin, and ate the whole lot. This made him very thirsty, so he went to the river and drank so much water that the lime began to expand, and in the end his stomach burst out. People took the dragon into the city, had it stuffed, and then hung it in the Old Town Hall passage. Here is the Brno Dragon (at least that's what they thought it was at the time!)
Here are a couple photos of Brno...
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