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The Henwick Holy Well

On October 20, 2026 By charlotte rixonIn folkloreLeave a comment

I love finding out about my local history, so I was fascinated to learn that we live near the site of a long-lost holy well. The water from the Henwick Holy Well was credited with the power to cure eye ailments, as holy well water often was, and people would seek it out chiefly for …

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The elder tree

On October 20, 2025 By charlotte rixonIn environment, fiction, folklore, gardening, nature & wildlife, treescapes1 Comment

Photo by Andrea Paz on Pexels.com Once there was a woman who could never get green things to grow, no matter how hard she tried. Each spring, she would sow seeds she had gathered in the autumn. Her pockets and bags bulged with little zip-lock plastic bags; the kinds that had once contained screws, sequins, …

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