Rik,
Where does the water come from in these Derbyshire cases of building
boards around a bucket of water ? I'm wondering if the water gathered
comes from an artesian spring that requires no sub-surface container like
a brick or timber lined well or pit ? Or does it come from a tap! Just
curious.
Bea
On 12/2/99 6:49 AM Rik NA writes:
>Yup, I could not agree with you more, however the reason they defend this
>distinction so vehemently in Derbyshire is that the Well Dressings are
>designed to venerate water not Wells, so despite the cries of no fair from
>traditional Well dressing communities, people are starting to use flower
>boards where their is no Well, built around a bucket or whatever of water,
>using this justification. Hence the reason for the distinction in the
>county. Baptistries, were mentioned just because the water is/was used for a
>Christian purpose, as opposed to sites that indulge in divination and so on.
Beatrice Hopkinson 73071,327@compuserve
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