Perran-Ar-Worthal: A Short Thesis (1) Traditional Cache

This is a series of caches around the village of Perran-Ar-Worthal, placed in memory of my grandfather, E.E.W. Ryall (1910-1986) who published a short history of the village in 1957. We are in the process of getting it republished but in the meantime have included short extracts in this series. It is about 4.5km and should take about an hour and a half.

YOU WILL NEED TWEEZERS AND A PENCIL OR PEN FOR SOME OF THE CACHES.

St. Piran’s Well

“Down the path from the Church at Perranarworthal is a pool of clear water, draped in greenery, commonly called 'St Piran's Well'... Here one may mention a Saint who used our creek [opposite the Norway Inn] as a landing ground. [Some historians have suggested] that St Agnes landed at 'St Piran Arworthall' on her return from Rome and journeyed to St Agnes. She was, so we learn, followed across country by the Devil and every time she turned around to rebuke him he turned into stone. Hence the moor stones between here and St Agnes.

‘Perran' is derived from St Piran or St Kerrian a Cornish Saint whose feast day is March 5th. Traditionally he is the tinner's Saint for he is said to have shown the Cornish how to dig for tin. He came from Ireland about 460 AD and legend tells us of his work and the miracles he performed. We read that he fed ten Irish Kings and their armies on the flesh of three cows, that he raised men from the dead, and brought pigs to life. He came to England, says the legend, on a millstone.”

This cache is a small clip box within which I have placed a trackable.