* Sawney Bean, cannibal and outlaw, 15th to 16th century

Originally a monthly bulletin of executions, produced by the Keeper of Newgate Prison in London, the Calendar's title was appropriated by other publishers, who put out biographical chapbooks about notorious criminals such as Sawney Bean, Dick Turpin, John Wilkes and Moll Cutpurse.

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The coastline south of Girvan is famous for its geology, and also for Sawney Bean's Cave, where the legendary murderer and cannibal Sawney Bean supposedly lived until his arrest and execution in Edinburgh.

Alexander " Sawney " Bean ( e ) was the legendary head of a 48-member clan in 15th-or 16th-century Scotland, reportedly executed for the mass murder and cannibalisation of over 1, 000 people.

While historians tend to believe that Sawney Bean never existed, his story has passed into legend and is part of the Edinburgh tourism industry.

A 2005 article by Sean Thomas notes that historical documents, such as newspapers and diaries during the era when Sawney Bean was supposedly active, make no mention of ongoing disappearances of hundreds of persons.

The legend of Sawney Bean first appeared in the British chapbooks ( rumour magazines of the day ), which today leads many to argue that the story was a political propaganda tool to denigrate the Scots after the Jacobite Rebellions.

* The legend of Alexander " Sawney " Bean has been chronicled in various media, including such print sources as Historical and Traditional Tales Connected with the South of Scotland by John Nicholson, 1843 ; The Legend of Sawney Bean, by Ronald Holmes, London, 1975 ; The Flesh Eaters, by L. A. Morse, Warner Books, 1979 ; and Cannibalism: The Last Taboo, by Brian Marriner London ; Arrow, 1992

* Mick Lewis's novel The Bloody Man also deals with the myth of Sawney Bean, which is also mentioned in the novel Paying the Piper by Sharyn McCrumb.

* Jack Ketchum's novel Off Season is an update of the Sawney Bean legend, with the cannibalistic clan headquartered in a sea cave on the Maine coast.

British neofolk outfit Sol Invictus recorded a song entitled " Sawney Bean ".

* Musician Snakefinger's " Sawney Bean / Sawney's Death Dance " ( from his album, Night of Desirable Objects ) tells the tale of the clan and its eventual comeuppance, as does the concept album, Inbreeding the Anthropophagi by American death metal band Deeds of Flesh.

* JB Nelson recorded Sawney Bean and Hairy Tree for his Weeping Willows album

* There is a boat ride set in the caves inhabited by the Sawney Bean family in the Edinburgh Dungeon as well as a short show presenting the legend.

* Some authors suggest that the short story The Lurking Fear by H. P. Lovecraft could have been inspired by the figure of Sawney Bean through Historical and Traditional Tales Connected with the South of Scotland.

* The Legend of Sawney Bean Mysterious Britain & Ireland

* Newgate Calendar: Sawney Bean Mysterious Britain & Ireland

* The Complete Newgate Calendar ( Sawney Bean ( e ))

* Sawney Bean: Scotland's Hannibal Lecter

The Sawney Beane legend closely resembles the story of Christie-Cleek, which is attested much earlier — in the early 15th century.

* Sawney Beane: The Abduction of Elspeth Cumming is a work of historical fiction by author Frieda Gates.

Sawney Rath, the leader of Juska, a vermin clan, believes Deyna, an otter born of the community at Redwall, is their Taggerung, a warrior destined to lead them to power and greatness.

In Mossflower Woods, Rillflag an otter from Redwall is completing a birth ritual with his newborn son, Deyna, when Sawney Rath and his tribe of vermin ambush him.

Christie Cleek ( or-Cleek or of-the-Cleek ), is a legendary Scottish cannibal, somewhat in the vein of the better-known Sawney Bean.

Sempill is supposed to be the author also of an epitaph on Sawney Briggs, nephew to Habbie Simpson, written in the same stanza.

According to legend, the Hairy Tree was planted by Sawney Bean's eldest daughter in the town's Dalrymple Street.

It takes the Legend of Sawney Beane and examines it through the lens of a young girl, Elspeth Cumming, abducted by Sawney and his family.

* The book Madhouse by Rob Thurman features Sawney Beane as the main villain.

* In 2003 Christian Viel directed Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain ( aka Samhain ), a soft-core version of the Sawney legend set in modern-day Ireland.

* 2005 saw the release of an award-winning UK ./ Canada co-produced animated short, The True Story of Sawney Beane.

* The Sawney Beane clan were speculated to be the inspiration for the fictional Reavers in Joss Whedon's cult sci-fi series Firefly by author Lawrence Watt-Evans in the book of essays " Finding Serenity: Anti-Hereos, Lost Shepards and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly.

Bean () is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae ( alternately Leguminosae ) some of which are used for human food or animal feed.

Bean is sometimes used as a synonym of pulse, an edible legume, though the term pulses is usually reserved for leguminous crops harvested for their dry grain.

In Scottish Mythology a similar creature is known as the Bean nighe or ban nigheachain ( little washerwoman ) or nigheag na h-àth ( little washer at the ford ).

Barrymore is the godmother of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.

Also held in August each year is the Bean Blossom Harmonica Contest.

In addition to other attractive prizes awarded to the top 3 winners in each division, the first place winner of the Adult Division is invited to perform on the main stage of the Bean Blossom Blues Fest later that evening in front of a crowd of several thousand.

* Pleasure Beach Blackpool, a popular English theme park ( Britain's Biggest Tourist Attraction ), is founded by Alderman William George Bean.

Also containing a 14-screen AMC movie theater, an L. L. Bean retail store, a Cheesecake Factory restaurant, and a Bank of America, in an outside extension area, the mall is a societal center for the community and is located in Town Center.

Hereford is briefly mentioned, though mispronounced, in Ronin as a ploy by Sam ( Robert De Niro ) to expose Spence ( Sean Bean ) as a liar.

* Bean flour is a flour produced from pulverized dried or ripe beans.

In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Boromir is played by Sean Bean.

* Winged Bean ( aka Goa Bean or Asparagus Pea ), mature seeds, raw: 7. 20 % of the protein is lysine.

* Kidney Bean, mature seeds, raw: 6. 87 % of the protein is lysine.

* Navy Bean, mature seeds, raw: 5. 73 % of the protein is lysine.

" In 1898, it is described as " A Hash of Pork, with Celery, Onions, Bean Sprouts, etc.

Astronauts Conrad and Bean examined the spacecraft, and they brought back about 10 kg of parts of the Surveyor to the Earth, including its TV camera, which is now on permanent display in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D. C.

It is the sequel to Shadow of the Hegemon and the third book in the Ender's Shadow series ( often called the Bean Quartet ).

Accepting a tip from inside China, where Achilles is held prisoner, Peter had planned for Bean to operate the mission, but at the last minute ( because he doubted Bean would cooperate ) assigns Suriyawong, a battle school student from Thailand, to rescue Achilles in transport, believing that he can spy on Achilles, take over his network, and then turn Achilles over to some country for trial ( at the time of this story, Achilles has betrayed Russia, Pakistan, and India ).

Bean and his friend Petra, who also served under Ender and who is travelling with Bean, have both seen Achilles so and immediately go into hiding, preparing for a future confrontation.

Bean believes Peter has seriously underestimated Achilles, and that he ( Bean ) is not safe unless he is hidden.