St Winefride's Well in Holywell
Archive: Wishful Thinking
Hope springs eternal.
Last year, people from as far away as New Zealand came to St Winefride's Well in Holywell, which is said to have healing powers.
The legend of the well tells how a local chieftain beheaded the maiden Winefride after she rejected him.
A spring is then said to have risen from where her head fell.
According to legend, where Winefride's head had fallen, “the stones surrounding the fountain were stained forever with her blood, and the blood falling in the water coloured also the moss that grows there and which has the perfume of frankincense, though some say of violets.”
Pilgrims flock to 'healing' well
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2 · Posted by: HillaryHM on September 24, 2004 01:47 AM
Personally, I'd love to go the Well, because St Winifred, her bones, actually, was the main character in the first Brother Cadfael book, “A Morbid Taste for Bones.” Written by Ellis Peters, and lots of fun!
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1 · Posted by: Feòrag on June 29, 2004 01:56 PM
It is, though, a thoroughly pleasant site. It looks like a goth decided to build a hot tub for themselves. Of course, the psychological benefits of relaxing in such a peaceful place are lost if you are sharing it with 1000 others.