Merched beca first started when the man who made roads wanted money for people who drive on it so he made somthing called a toll house/toll gate so there is a board with diffrent prices for people with diffrent jobs police, nurses and soldiers can go for free but farmers needed to go to the shop for lime to help their plants grow but they would come across like 10 diffrent toll gates on the way to the shop so when they get there they have no money to buy lime cause they had to give it to the toll gates that made them really mad so a group of men farmers got to gether and dressed as women and rubbed coal all over their faces at night and went to destroy all the toll gates if you go to saint claires there is this statue of rebecca riots
In this picture the face kinda looks like a mans face but look what hes wearing
Look what hes wearing its like a little cape kinda you could tell they were men tho because they were much bigger than women
They also used horses to help chop them down too
Not all the boys dressed like girls tho but most of them
If you wanna go there look at the map
This sign tells you more about it