Pins and pincushions . ins were collected in handfulsnear Holy wells in that county, and the custom isstill kept up at many of them. The famous welldedicated to St. Madron was a very popular resort forthose who sought relief from aches and pains, andSt. Madron was always propitiated by an offeringof pins or pebbles. He is honoured at a churchnear the Lands End, and close by is the well.Mr. J. M. Mackinlay tells us St. Madrons Well wasvisited on May morning by maidens wishing to dis-cover their matrimonial fate. They took two piecesof straw, about an inch in length, and placing themcrossways, f
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Pins and pincushions . ins were collected in handfulsnear Holy wells in that county, and the custom isstill kept up at many of them. The famous welldedicated to St. Madron was a very popular resort forthose who sought relief from aches and pains, andSt. Madron was always propitiated by an offeringof pins or pebbles. He is honoured at a churchnear the Lands End, and close by is the well.Mr. J. M. Mackinlay tells us St. Madrons Well wasvisited on May morning by maidens wishing to dis-cover their matrimonial fate. They took two piecesof straw, about an inch in length, and placing themcrossways, fastened them together with a pin. Thecross was then thrown into the spring, and the risingbubbles carefully counted, for they corresponded withthe years which would pass before the arrival of thewedding-day. One of the characters in Sir Walter Scotts Pirateexpresses a wish that providence would send a wreckto gladden the hearts of the Shetlanders. At theother extremity of Britain, viz. in the Scilly Islands, PLATE XIII.