The real story of the Pied Piper from 1300 - "The Hamlin street named Bungelosenstrasse ("street without drums") is believed to be the last place that the children were seen. Ever since, music or dancing is not allowed on this street."

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[–]magnora7[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I liked this wiki article. I learned that the "pied" in pied piper means "multicolored" and is referring to the clothing the piper wore.

And I had no idea this story potentially has a real basis in reality, in a town that has a street and church mural after the event. Pretty wild!

[–]kokolokoNightcrawler 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

pied piper means "multicolored"

rasist!