The real Peter the Wild Boy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มี.ค. 2011
- A feral child, a royal pet, a Georgian celebrity and a resident of Kensington Palace: Peter the Wild Boy was one of the most extraordinary characters of 18th century Britain. Here, Historic Royal Palaces' chief curator, Lucy Worsley, tells his remarkable story, visiting some of the places he lived and showing some of the images and objects associated with him.
I am autistic and have always been attracted to the stories of "feral" children. As a child, my parents allowed me to roam alone in the fields surrounding our house that used to be farmland. Those were my happiest memories of childhood.
There is something about the way she tells a story that is oddly relaxing. I love listening to her.
PS...I'm glad Peter lived well in his later years.
I love Lucy Worsley too. She has always told stories with warmth and charm. She is someone you’d want as a best friend.
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Me too, if Lucy is in the video, I watch, from the USA
A great presenter
Shes just like that IRL. I met her recently in a lit fest, and shes really fun.
How sad. Im glad he found some kindness in his later life.
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Suzanne Rossi - Same 💕
I admire and just adore Lucy Worsley .
Same
A very special Lady
May Day-subscribers with no channel content? Weird.
I wish they would show her documentaries more often here in the US they only show her occasionally here on public television.
What a touching story. I was especially moved to hear that he died just a few days after the farmer did.
Thank you, Lucy Worsley, for remembering Peter the Wild Boy.
Lucy is one of Britain’s greatest treasures. She’s got another special on Peter online as well. Pure class.
Peter didn't actually sing, he hummed, which is totally possible when you can't speak... His story is one of my favorites on feral children
Lucy is truly a gift to modern documentary watchers. If there are goddesses among us, surely she is one of them!
She is a donk man, a real donk
Alice Roberts is a close runner for yummyness!
A fine woman
What is this donk you speak of?
I ❤️ how Lucy tells the stories that make history come alive to all of us. Enthralling! Many thanks!
Wow, I’m glad this showed up in recommendations. Rest wildly Peter🕊
How very interesting! I've never heard this story before. Nice to hear he seemed to have happy life once he left court.
Look at what I just bumped onto. This is a great channel. I'm an American from New York City. I always look for TH-cam channels like this one that focuses on history and actually goes and videos those historic places. I can already tell it will be fun watching them. I like the British accent. The British tradition. No annoying music in the background and I love learning about historic situations I didn't know about. Kudos to you Historic Royal Palaces for this gem of a channel. I will now go on a binge watch of ALL your videos. -- Frank. Cheers.
I love Lucy Worsley. What a sad touching story.
@@311girl Absolutely!
I love Lucy, she is the best teacher for me.
That was sweet of you leaving flowers
Making note to visit Peter's grave. What a lovely story. Thanks for sharing.
People who lived back in the 18th century didn't know anything about autism, speech impaired, nor intellectual disability. Peter the Wild fell in one or all of those catagories. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@batty boy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💯💯👍👍
Lucy Worsley is a treasure. This is a very touching story. Thank you.
There are very few things in life so Joyous as Intelligence.
Smart can take you wherever you want, Intelligence can take others too.
It also helps if you're beautiful, funny, honest and understand (or try to).
Lucy W. Is one of the best at explaining and detailing that History is all about people. ❤
Lucy...you are a national treasure..Britain should be so proud!
and here I thought I'd heard all the tales of feral children. Hello Peter! how did I miss out on your unique existence?
Such a touch of class...to have left him flowers of remembrance...
I could listen to her tell stories all day
Thank you Mrs. Lucy great piece.
Such mean heartless people to treat him less than a pet mouse
It doesn't seem that way to me at all.
@Trey Stephens The devil is very powerful in people's hearts all over the world...
He was treated well ...You weren't listening.
@@philmcdonald4778 Silly I ovviously meant the first family, not the last. Always has to be that person on TH-cam
Very heart warming presentation, thanks for bringing this story to a wider audience
Thank you for this story! It was very touching.❤🌺
Perhaps the boy didn't speak because they treated him like a subhuman oddity and beat him when he didn't cooperate.
Hahahahaha!!! You didn’t watch the video did you? You’re just a frivole triggered little cupcake 😂😂
He sung though, how'd he do that if he couldn't speak?
And now we are finding out just how important manners and etiquette really are to any civilized society.
Amazing that she was able to hold the collar.
wow to live to your 80s in those days was remarkable
I happened across this little film and thought "oh my Here is one I havent seen." And it has made me love and respect Lucy a bit more, if thats possible. I put flowers on the three highwaymen hanged in Montana because I dont think they should be forgotten. If I manage to get everything on my bucket list done ( going to England is one) I shall make it a point to get some flowers for Peter the Wild Boy when I get there. Thank you so much Lucy. You are wonderful.
I just noticed your comment was 5 years ago... have you been to England yet ?
I live in South West England where occasionally, at isolated rural crossroads, I come across a "red post". They're said to be a warning if ever you need to dig up the road, as a criminal was hung and buried there outside parish boundaries; later they're said to be resting places for prisoners heading for deportation to Botony Bay, most never to see their families again. I used to pick wildflowers nearby and lay them under the fingerpost but now they have to do with rather naff flowers from my garden. May they rest in peace, whoever they are.
@@catherinerobilliard7662 that's a little bit creepy about being buried there but that is very sweet of you to give them flowers
@@catherinerobilliard7662 are you in Cornwall ? Or closer to Devon ? I love England but have never been to those regions
@@gardensofthegods I live in Somerset close to Selworthy, near Dunster. Sadly the fields I have known are gradually falling under the developers plough. Soon I'm going wassailing in the local orchard, I hope not for the last time.
He probably had a learning and/behavioural disability. Im glad that later in life, the farmers loved him and did the best they could for him.
She's so cute :)
Me - I'm unemployed and bored
TH-cam - Here is something to think about
Same here. There's a volunteer Firehouse house next door. I'm walking over there today and see if they need any help. Pretty much gave up on looking for work. I've been around and never lived anywhere like this.
You might think of something you enjoy & monetize it! Work only for yourself in things you enjoy.(This has worked well for me..)Take care & best wishes! 👍🙋🌹
@@rs5570 thanks man.. Cheers 👍
@@rs5570 Thank you so much. I lost everything, cars and all. No transportation and serious debt. Came here to take care of my mother and decided to stick around thinking I could make a go of it like anywhere else already having a profession.
Maybe I can do TH-cam channel or something. I have so much to offer. I'm loaded with skillsets. Been in training and business my entire adult life. Mistake was not getting out when I had a chance. The area pulled me down with it.
God Bless.
@@aerostock1 Wishing you all the best. Spent some time unemployed, after leaving home, severely traumatised due to severe childhood abuse & violence. It was very frustrating as despite my horrendous childhood, being repeatedly beaten unconscious & otherwise abused & though in a terrible state, I worked really hard to get qualifications & so much wanted a career. No matter what I did I could not get work. I only had voluntary work experience because I could not get paid work to get the experience I needed to get paid work & they were not interested in the voluntary work experience I did have. In the end had a nervous breakdown. I already had CFS. Have never recovered. Hope things go much better for you.
We need to be careful to assume that Peter wasn't able to learn the english language just because he was "to old". There might be factors like a hearing or other disability, as well as early childhood trauma that might have contributed. Neuroplasticity informs us that with compassionate training the brain has the ability to adapt, rebuild and learn throughout a persons life.
Great comment, thank you.
Also, people, and animals too, are able to learn words in different languages and learn & know the meanings, even though they cannot or will not speak those words. Just because someone doesn't speak a language (confidently) doesn't mean they don't understand what is spoken.
Since the time of Peter the Wild Boy, much has been learned about how humans learn and use language. Because of the break up of the old Soviet Union, and the civil wars that plagued parts of eastern europe, there have been a number of feral children found.
After years of study and experience, it was determined that if a child has not been around spoken language and has not developed language skills by the age of eight, they will never learn to speak, no matter how much help they get.
There are quite a few adults alive who survived such circumstances that have never learned to speak. Something appears to change in the brain that shuts that circuitry down by about age eight.
This is very well documented and yes, the children studied were tested for other disabilities such as deafness and the ability to problem solve.
I saw some interviews with a couple of adult survivors of such childhoods, who never learned to speak in spite of working and even raising families.
They can not learn sign language either. They can imitate motions to indicate a number of things but the ability to learn the abstractions of language, written, spoken, or signed has been switched off because it was not used before that crucial time.
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Thanks for your comment.
Where can I find those studies that you've mentioned in regards to "feral" children?
@@macnutz4206 Wow! I wonder if it is best to learn 2nd and 3rd etc languages before that age threshhold.
Loved it, thank you!
Thank you for sharing and educating me. Wonderful homage 👏👏👏
I enjoyed this so much!!! I've never heard of Peter the Wild boy before!!!
Lovely story- thank you Lucy Worsley
I love your shows, comforting, relaxing,educational
Oh yay! A Lucy Worsley I haven’t seen! Thank you!
Thank you 🙏 Lucy for these
Remembering Peter and all the helpless abandoned!
You can still see feral people if you go to Croydon. Like Peter, they also have a habit of sticking their hands in your pocket, looking for nuts.
Bring your leather strap with you when you’re in Croydon 😉
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This was interesting but skipped over a lot of info. The reason for the collar wasn't just because he used to wander off, it was because one time he went so far that the locals threw him in their jail because they thought him a lunatic. He was barely alive when found and they didn't want to risk it happening ever again. He was also given a pension by the Royal Court for the whole of his life which was quite a handsome sum for those days, so he was never without some form of comfort. I'm not sure he left the Court because they were "bored of him", his nurse passed away and a life on a farm was deemed better suited to his wants and needs. Oh and strangely he was discovered near Hamlin, famed for the story of the Pied Piper, who lured children away from the town. Now that is genuinely unsettling.
You moved my Lucy, with the flowers on the end. you are a Wonderfull person.
Love Lucy.
Interesting. Thank you. I'm glad Peter found some love in his life.
Such a lovely story. I appreciate how Lucy tells history as it was and in historical context and very little modern prejudice.
Wonderful, very human story. Well done.
what a lovely story thank you
Beautifully told.. Thank you!
Lucy, if I may be familiar, your intelligence has spoken for itself the years over and now we see your warmth, kindness and empathy that we've only glimpsed before. Thank you. I'll remember.
well done! the flowers are perfect!
Such a touching story and a nice gesture with the flowers Ms Worsley. CMJ Canada
Lovely story, Thank you
Thank you very much for this video !🙏🏻
Peter may not have spoke like human but I’m sure his soul was purer than any of these so-called humans around him.
Mmmmmm, I could listen to her all day....
I thought it was going to be lame, but wow! What a wonderful story. The flowers were a perfect touch.
Oh my heavens, thank you for bring this to my attention. What a fascinating story. Who could think that in history there could have been may feral humans.
I love Lucy and her way of telling a historical story. Her historical clothing is spot on.
So beautiful that you placed flowers
Loved your video. Very moving.
Beautiful place for him to spend his life after London. Great film.
A beautifully made documentary
This story touched my heart I will always remember Peter the wild boy 💖
I enjoyed this story. Very heart warming.
So sad. People and they trends. Love a person for a while, then just forget him and go on to the next oddity. I’m so glad he was given a proper home and peace.
I just learned of Peter, great follow up!
stunning!!!!
The poor, poor, boy/man.
What confusions he must have had!
Being brought from Germany, but not having any language, so having no understanding of human social life, and moved from place to place!
My heart goes out to him😢😢😢😢😢
Wow that’s awesome.
So wildly awesome.
Fascinating. I can't help thinking of just how close to that bank is the headstone...I can visualise two stumpy bones poking out of the middle of the bank.
Fascinating watch.
Lucy is wonderful!
Wait.. how did he sing songs if he couldn’t speak? Did they simply mean ‘communicate’ instead of ‘speak?
That was my first thought unless of course they were being generous in describing what he was doing as singing it may of been just sounds like la la la.
Kind of like Hip Hop today. I can't understand what the hell they are saying anyway. Maybe Peter was the first true Hip Hop artist?
Iggy Dickson Peter the Wild Boi: Mumble Rap Saved My Life
lol, Mumble Rap! :-p
@@xvdd1 Those are two different parts of your brain. You can sing but not be able to speak. Swear words are stored in a different spot as well. That is why ppl with strokes can sometimes lose speech but can still swear. I personally knew a woman who would have seizures every so often and for a few hours after could only sing or write, but not speak. Teaching young kids facts in school with songs is better bc you are triggering two parts of the brain at once which means your memory absorbs better.
Reminds me of the movie by Werner Herzog...can’t think of the name right off. Love this woman. Excited to watch all her videos!
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kapitantaryfa Yes! Thank you! I ought to watch that again. It’s been about 15 years!!
I love Lucy and am glad she couldn’t loose her lisps! You go girl you Rock! Pure Class💞🙏🏻✝️💕😛wishing you all the very best of luck for the future God Bless 💞🙏🏻✝️💞💕🙏🏻✝️
I like this lady telling his story. She does it well
Thank You.
I Love Lucy
We need more wonderful videos from Lucy
The most knowledgeable history buff on TV and such a pretty lady to boot
That is quite lovely!!! A touching little piece of good television!!!
Mike Fuller
Thanks Natalie!!!
Somehow I don't think it would be quite as lovely with any other presenter. Lucy is a treasure.
This is a sad story this child like man and in the end I'm happy to here he got some happiness
When Lucy speaks, you just can't help but listen. Brilliant narrator!
Have they ever made a movie about this this is a great story
I stood next to Peters grave myself on Monday at my sisters funeral
Subscribed just so I can hear you talk more! I love the British accent
It’s sounds like he might have been on the spectrum. This would explain him singing, but not talking. It’s so touching to know he was well taken of.
You could be right but it's worth remembering that if a child is deprived of social contact and/or does not learn to socialize by the age of four, they never will. Language acquisition is just one of those skills that become much more difficult after those early years.
Actually, it's possible that he could have had what we now call Pitt-Hopkins syndrome. His facial features according to the drawings and paintings made of him line up pretty well with the facial characteristics of people diagnosed with the disorder.
@@melikey3758 I agree that he probably wasn't autistic, but there were likely just as many cases of autism then as there are now. Autism didn't become a diagnosis until the 20th century, so for centuries we autistics have been treated like we were stupid, insane, or worse, like animals.
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What does a multi trillion dollar company have to do with Petah?
First I have heard of Lisa Worsley...seems to be a warm and kind person.
Wow what a story...
Interesting story.
Perhaps he preferred German?
so sweet
Loved how she told the story, i feel sorry peter!!