Also refers to the habit of Dover folks biting off the fingers of drowned sailors to get the rings off their swollen fingers
Dover Tales have developed a presentation of the tale of The Fiery Serpent, which tells the story of how Folkestone men became known as Turks by the Dover Sharks. We performed it recently at the mayor's fundraiser for the Western Heights volunteers to help replace their stolen tools, where the parts of the Dover Mayor and Folkestone Mayor were taken on by . . . the current Dover Mayor and Folkestone Mayor.
We will probably be performing it again as part of the Up On The Downs summer festival - watch this space.