| Show Ancient Well Wel Once Used 1 To Put Curse on Enemies American visitors to St. St Elian's well not far from Colwyn bay find that the story is true that the people believed in witchcraft until the Nineteenth century The ancient ancient ancient an an- well was used to put a curse upon persons against whom the Welsh entertained a grudge This medieval convenience convenience unique in inthe inthe inthe the British Isles but not unknown to several places on the continent was known as a cursing well There it was customary to call down the vengeance of St. St Elian upon ones one's enemies The ceremony was performed by byan byan byan an old woman who after she had received a sufficient fee put the 1 11 name me of the accursed upon a apiece apiece apiece piece of lead and dropped it into the water meanwhile muttering imprecations imprecations impre imprecations impre- impre and prayers Sometimes the intended victim heard about the sinister doings and I paid the old woman a similar fee to take the curse off again This she did by reciting psalms and drinking water from the well These under cover cover appeals to witchcraft as a way of settling scores against foes who could net be reached in m any other way continued con until 1818 when the attendant attendant attendant attend attend- ant at the well was jailed for 1 li months for receiving money under false pretenses After that the place lost its attraction for seekers after niter vengeance |
