On 2021-05-18 8:54 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 8:33:09 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> On 5/17/2021 2:51 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>> On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 1:04:59 PM UTC-5, bruce bowser wrote:
>>>> On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 11:41:42 AM UTC-4, wrote:
>>>>> On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 9:29:11 AM UTC-5, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 16 May 2021 22:43:52 -0600, US Janet wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you must be a city slicker. No pipped water in
>>>>>>> campgrounds. you either bring your own water or
>>>>>>> if lucky, there is a well and a pump.
>>>>>> into which city slickers **** / puke if humanly possible.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Not the kind of well you could **** or puke into, silly.
>>>>> https://useum.org/artwork/Jacob-and-...Antolinez-1670
>>>>>>
>>>>> You haven't camped at many state parks, have you?
>>>>
>>>> I camped on federal lands.
>>>>
>>> Did they have wishing wells there?
>> An interesting park in Virginia is "Fairy Stone State Park."
>>
>> Anyway, that area is full of small cross-shaped stones. Easiest to find
>> in the many streams or you can buy some at their gift shop.
>>
>> The myth behind this is that on the day Jesus died on the cross, all the
>> fairies living there cried. Their tears were shaped like crosses and
>> turned to stone as they fell to the ground.
>>
>> https://www.reserveamerica.com/explo...40169/overview
>
> Yet the fact behind this is that it's a completely natural crystal
> formation.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Apparently an analogous legend is propogated in Oregon by roadside
pedlars of knick-knacks made of myrtle wood. They spread the falsehood
that the wood is found only there and in the "Holy Land"** when it is
native to the Pacific coast, its name "Umbellularia californica" is a clue.
** Not very "Holy" atm.