six bellropes from the church tower and lowered them into the pool, but they couldn’t reach the bottom. In popular culture The knucker is one of the various dragon species included in the Dragonology series of books. The Knucker appears in Sláine in British comic 2000AD. Knuckers are mentioned and a part of the book series, The Sea of Trolls, by Nancy Farmer. Knuckers play a large role in the second book, The Land of the Silver Apples. In the PBS animated series Dragon Tales, the characters Zak and Wheezie live underground in a "knucker hole". References Further reading European dragons English legendary creatures Germanic mythology Sussex folklore Sea serpents