jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
I found this site a few weeks ago and it really is fascinating. The green men are cited as carvings which appear on many buildings built in Birmingham in the Victorian period. They are depicted as having vegetation sprouting from their heads and there are many of them around the city on buildings of that period.
A bit about the history of the "foliate" carvings here : https://houndofhecate.blogspot.ca/2012/12/the-green-men-of-birmingham.html
A bit about the history of the "foliate" carvings here : https://houndofhecate.blogspot.ca/2012/12/the-green-men-of-birmingham.html