Olga the Fox
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She is representative of the game of huntsman John Peel
, subject of folklore in Cumbria
. Olga is symbolised both as a mounted dead fox which is carried onto the pitch before Carlisle United matches and as a costumed mascot. The mascot was formerly a blue and white coloured creature who locals named 'Twinkletoes.'
John Peel (farmer)
John Peel was a British huntsman who is the subject of the nineteenth century song D'ye ken John Peel - "ken" being a dialectical form of "know" used in Scotland and the north of England.-Peel's life:...
, subject of folklore in Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
. Olga is symbolised both as a mounted dead fox which is carried onto the pitch before Carlisle United matches and as a costumed mascot. The mascot was formerly a blue and white coloured creature who locals named 'Twinkletoes.'