The #Dorset Ooser was a wooden mask with a bull’s hair and horns apparently used to scare people during #midwinter mummers plays in the village of Melbury Osmond. Its whereabouts are now sadly unknown but a replica made in 1975 is on display in the @DorsetMuseum #GothicAdvent 
First two photos taken by taken between 1883 and 1891 by J.W. Chaffins and Sons of Yeovil, 3rd photo from Wikipedia commons
And thanks to @CeeChampion for inspiring this post
And thanks to @CeeChampion for inspiring this post
No doubt very familiar to many from the front cover of @readersdigest seminal book '#Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain' (1973)
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