"Moonrakers" is the colloquial name for people from Wiltshire. The name comes from a folk story set in the time when smuggling was a significant industry in rural England, with Wiltshire lying on the smugglers' secret routes between the south coast and customers in the centre of England.

The story goes that some local people had hidden contraband barrels of French brandy from customs officers in a village pond. While trying to retrieve it at night, they were caught by the revenue men, but explained themselves by pointing to the moon's reflection and saying they were trying to rake in a round cheese. The revenue men, thinking they were simple yokels, laughed at them and went on their way.

The picture shows the village of Crammer, near Devizes, reputed to have been the original location of the story.

The name lives on in the sporting world today. Supporters of the Oxford United football club use "moonraker" as a derogatory term for fans of their Wiltshire-based rivals Swindon Town.

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