'Tis the Well-Dressing Season

[Silver Tabby]

Be sure to look after your wells!

"One year in the Presbyterians times during the civil wars, they neglected the annual  dressing of the salt-well in Driotwich - and the spring became dry, to the great loss of the town.  So thereafter they revived their annual custom (notwithstanding the power of the parliament) and ever since, volens nolens the Minister there ( and also the soldiers) they did and will Dress it, and the salt water returned again and still continues."

c1688

(volens nolens = Latin = willing/unwilling)

[klondike]

Sound advice. 

When Scrumpy gets that round tuit perhaps she'll lend it out and we can all attend to any neglected wells we may have,

[Diasi]

Crikey, this post has made me miss my home area which I rarely think about.

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