Patten (shoe) guild of the Patten-makers, or Patteners, and their adopted church remains St Margaret Pattens. The first record of the guild dates to 1379, and there was still a pattenmaker listed in a London Trade Directory in the 1920s. A notice, probably 18th century, in the Guild Church still requests ladies to remove their pattens on entering; other English churches have similar signs, and in one case, a board with pegs for ladies to hang them on. Patten (shoe) Pattens are protective overshoes that were worn in Europe from the Middle Ages until the early 20th century. Pattens were worn outdoors
The Enchanted Pig him in it. They set out to his father's kingdom, and then return to her father's kingdom. An opera partly based on the tale, "The Enchanted Pig", by the composer Jonathan Dove, was premiered in 2006. The Enchanted Pig The Enchanted Pig ("Porcul cel fermecat") is a Romanian fairy tale, collected in "Rumanische Märchen" and also by Petre Ispirescu in "Legende sau basmele românilor". Andrew Lang included it in "The Red Fairy Book". It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, the search for the lost husband. Others of this type include The Black Bull of Norroway, The Brown Bear of Norway, The