Who Put Bella Down The Wych Elm T-Shirt
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WHO PUT BELLA DOWN THE WYCH ELM T-SHIRT
A famous quotation t-shirt available in black cotton.
'Who Put Bella Down The Wych Elm.'
The Who Put Bella Down The Wych Elm T-Shirt is inspired by the mysterious and still unexplained discovery of a skull hidden in the hollow trunk of a wych elm tree in Hagley Wood, Worcestershire.
Discovered in 1943, the skull was believed to have belonged to a woman who met her end sometime in 1941, though to this day her identity remains unknown.
The phrase itself was born in 1944 when a piece of graffiti was discovered on a wall in Birmingham asking that very question. Since the early 70's, the slightly modified 'who put Bella in the witch elm' has appeared on the Hagley Obelisk, close to where the body was discovered.