Hi Bonnie,
Hope you will be going to St. Rochelle?. It was a small town we
drove
through at a great pace which looked absolutely picturesque. Am not sure
I have the name right thought. If I recall correctly it was south of
Vanne.
The museum at the latter also quite fascinating.
I was the guess of a French archaeologist who was whisking me from
one
salt site to the next - no wells included!
>The basin of the well at St Cado is flooded with sea water at high
tide.
>Does that count?
Do you mean the brick well itself? And no flooding with seawater would
not
count, but presumably there was a fresh-water spring close to the sea
which was
captured in the well?
I envy your trip along that coast and with a goal in mind too. Bet you
will
enjoy those large plates of shrimp they serve up for lunch.
May I ask when you go to Europe from north Carolina do you fly from
Washington
to Paris? Am also wondering what that costs compared to our direct
flights from
Los Angeles. Those long trips are so hard for us to stand nowadays. We
just came
back from a 7 hour flight from L.A. to Papeete and that too was
difficult. So I
keep thinking we should try to break our journeys to Europe.
We actually had two whole days of rain here last week before a glorious
two day
weekend. Today it is cloudy and cool. I think we managed about 3.5
inches before
it stopped (together with a small earthquake of 4.6!) after two months
without any
rain. I have a feeling you are now getting the brunt of that storm? Is
it still
humid there?
Bea
On 1/15/01 10:59 AM Thomas Campbell writes:
>
>
>Hi, Bea!
>
>I certainly don't remember any of the waters tasting salty. The wells are
>generally well cared for in Brittany so I managed- at the very least- to wet
>my lips with some of the water at each site we visited. (Heaven only knows
>what was actually in the water but it certainly LOOKED potable and I never
>got sick.)
>
>The basin of the well at St Cado is flooded with sea water at high tide.
>Does that count?
>
>We plan to be back in Brittany for 8 weeks next year and I have already got
>a list of close to a hundred 'fontaines sacrees' that we should be able to
>visit. (Assuming, of course, that I can keep Tom moving at a smart pace.)
>I will keep notes for you and let you know whether we find any saline
>waters.
>
>Hope all's well with you in California- and that you're staying dry!
>
>Bonnie
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bea Hopkinson <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:58 AM
>Subject: Re: Fw: Newfoundland wells
>
>
>>Hi there,
>>
>>While in Brittany last year did you come across any saline
>>saintly wells?
>>
>>Bea
>>
>>
>>On 1/11/01 7:56 AM Thomas Campbell writes:
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Thomas Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 10:50 AM
>>>Subject: Newfoundland wells
>>>
>>>
>>>Phillip:
>>>I just saw your note to the Holy Well List. I'm starting to do some
>>>geneaology and am tracking my family back well, "North" - is all I know
>>>at this point.
>>>
>>>In the course of map-reading I was fascinated by the huge number of towns
>>>in Newfoundland that are named for French (Breton) saints. I have been
>>>wondering since I saw that whether there is a tradition of holy wells
>>>where you are?
>>>
>>>We were in Brittany last year and spent most of out time tracking down
>>>"fontaines sacrees" named for saints whose names, at least, made it to
>>>North America.
>>>
>>>Thanks for the help. I never thought I'd find anyone to ask this question
>>>of.
>>>
>>>Best,
>>>Bonnie Bennett (Benoit) Campbell
>>>Charleston, South Carolina
>>
>>
>>Beatrice Hopkinson 73071,327@compuserve
Beatrice Hopkinson 73071,327@compuserve
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