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Illustration
No.5
“Hankies at the
Wishing Well” |
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One
short drive and a muddy hike later Jeff and I were standing
at one of the most peculiar sites we would visit. Moss-coated
trees and rocks created a small, rich forest above clear
streams and pools, and there were bits of clothing on
the ground and hanging from tree branches.
According to the woman who directed us here, the pools
have healing qualities. If a person is suffering from
aches and pains they can tear a portion of their clothing
from the area that hurts and hang it from the tree in
hopes of a magical cure. If that’s true, then there
must be one hell of a sinusitis epidemic in Land’s
End, because most of the scraps seemed to come from people’s
handkerchiefs, although I did see a few single shoes on
the ground nearby, nearly engulfed completely by the rapidly
growing moss. I spent a little contemplative time in the
nearby stone church, a roofless structure about fifteen-by-eight
feet with a low stone altar at one end and a baptismal
font with naturally flowing water on the other. Peaceful.
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