In the church in the village of St Germans, just to the north of Mousetrappe, carvings on a pew end illustrate the famous local legend of Bishop Dando and his dogs.

Dando was a monk at St Germans priory in the 5th century who seemed to be more fond of socialising, drinking and hunting than he was of his religious duties. It is said that one hot Sunday morning in July 452, whilst out hunting with his hounds at Erth Barton on the other side of the St Germans river, overcome with thirst, he called for refreshments but the flasks were empty. When no drink was forthcoming a furious Dando screamed, 'then get it from hell if there's none left on earth'.

At this a hooded figure appeared before him and offered him a drink from a silver flask that was chained to his arm. In his greed and glutton, Dando took the drink without even looking at the figure. Was it the Devil? Was it a reflection of himself? Whoever, his beverage was so intoxicating that in pursuit of a hare, Dando and the hunting party rode off the banks and into the river where they drowned in the place which has ever since been known as Dandypool.

The name Dando may be a corruption of the name Dawnay or Dandy, of the Lords of Sheviock during the Middle Ages. However the inclusion of a hare in the legend, a creature full of symbolism in British mythology, and the resemblance to the Wild Hunt that appears in the ghostly hunt Dando now drives across the locality, suggest that the myth may be far older, and the current version a more modern corruption.