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Daft Bat

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Yesterday was Sunday – the Sabbath. But if today had fallen on a Sunday and you had been caught working or playing on that day, especially in Cornwall, then you might well have been turned to stone! :nailbiting:

Today, 4th November is St Cleer’s day. According to legend, he was originally named St Clarus and was an Englishman who moved to Cornwall in order to preach to the inhabitants in the 8th Century. However, his views were so strong that he objected to any kind of frivolity on the Lord’s Day.

This did not deter a group of villagers who were playing the ancient Celtic game of hurling on a Sunday. Up steps St Cleer and turns them to stone as a punishment – and as a warning to other who might be as disrespectful. :oops:

The Hurling Stones can be seen to this day but legend has it that, no matter how many times that you count them, you will never come up with the same total… :nailbiting:
 
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Daft Bat said:
Yesterday was Sunday – the Sabbath. But if today had fallen on a Sunday and you had been caught working or playing on that day, especially in Cornwall, then you might well have been turned to stone! :nailbiting:

Today, 4th November is St Cleer’s day. According to legend, he was originally named St Clarus and was an Englishman who moved to Cornwall in order to preach to the inhabitants in the 8th Century. However, his views were so strong that he objected to any kind of frivolity on the Lord’s Day.

This did not deter a group of villagers who were playing the ancient Celtic game of hurling on a Sunday. Up steps St Cleer and turns them to stone as a punishment – and as a warning to other who might be as disrespectful. :oops:

The Hurling Stones can be seen to this day but legend has it that, no matter how many times that you count them, you will never come up with the same total… :nailbiting:
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Good to see the Blogs back Interesting how early generations went about life and what they believed. Re The counting of the stones There are some others whereby counting them leads people to miscounting They were on TV Might have been East Anglia or East Yorkshire
 
Ugh! The Hurlers. On Bodmin Moor.

This is one of the creepiest places I've ever been to. Don't know why - I just got this awful spooky feeling of dread when we went there (some 15 years ago). And when we went to the nearby pub for a sandwich lunch, it just carried on. The other customers were, well, spooky! Like that film where all the wives are "perfect wives". Seemed to share a secret. Zombie-ish. Other-worldy.

Must have been something I ate.

But I've never wanted to go back.

Jane
 
I've never met an ancient stone that I didn't like, though some are in quite isolated places, maybe this explains why I've not seen nearly as many as I would like to. I've not visited these stones, but I have been to places that gave me that kind of feeling, and it can be a hard one to shake off
 
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