There were phrases that the villagers often used, especially to scare the children away from the woods. Phrases such as 'curiosity killed the cat'. And he had to learn that the hard way.  

"There was this myth - a legend, they say, believed by many but proved by none, a myth originated from the villages down the Asquaedor Mountain; about a flower, I suppose, a rose- which they called The Maiden's Rose." ** Title : The Maiden's Rose