Pins and pincushions . 3. St. Georges Wishing Well, in the lie du Casti i. t ST. KEYNES WELL 59 the same hope was at one time cherished. St. Warna,who was thought to preside over shipwrecks, was thepatron saint of St. Agnes, one of the islands of thegroup. She had her Holy well, and there the nativesformerly dropped in a crooked pin and called uponthe saint to send them a rich wreck. At St. NunsWell, close to Pelynt (Cornwall), a great number ofpins were thrown in, not only by those who visited itout of curiosity, but also by those who wished toavail themselves of the virtue of its waters. It
Pins and pincushions . 3. St. Georges Wishing Well, in the lie du Casti i. t ST. KEYNES WELL 59 the same hope was at one time cherished. St. Warna,who was thought to preside over shipwrecks, was thepatron saint of St. Agnes, one of the islands of thegroup. She had her Holy well, and there the nativesformerly dropped in a crooked pin and called uponthe saint to send them a rich wreck. At St. NunsWell, close to Pelynt (Cornwall), a great number ofpins were thrown in, not only by those who visited itout of curiosity, but also by those who wished toavail themselves of the virtue of its waters. It isthought to be efficacious for the cure of insanity. Awell near St. Austell, at Menacuddle, received crookedpins as offerings, and it was believed that the pinswhich had been thrown in by former devotees wouldbe seen to rise from their beds to greet the new-comer before it touched the bottom. The Holy wellat Roche is frequented by the peasantry before sunriseon Holy Thursday and the two following o
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