Church Micro 4144...Shebbear Multi-Cache
Church Micro 4144...Shebbear
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A Church Micro at St.Michael's,Shebbear.
TURNING THE DEVIL'S STONE.
At 8 pm on 5 November each year, while the rest of the country is burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes, Shebbear has its own unique celebration. The one tonne lump of rock known as the Devil's Stone (or Devil's Boulder), which lies in the village square, is turned over by the village bellringers. The stone is a glacial erratic - not from a local rock formation. According to local tradition the stone needs to be turned over every year or a disaster will fall on the village - the last year it was not turned on 5 November was during the Second World War when such frivolity was frowned on, but after a few days of bad news someone flipped it over anyway. Supposedly the Devil dropped the stone while fighting with god, he lost the battle. Consequently the stone fell on top of him, flattening him under it. The folklore reasoning for the turning is that it takes a year for the Devil to dig down and up the other side of the rock, at which point it is flipped again, re-trapping him.
The co-ords will take you to the headstone of Rebecca,Richard Perkin's second wife?
Rebecca died on May 31st ABCD.
Cache is at N50 51.(B-A)(B-C)(C-A-D) W004 13.DC(B-C)
£1 for the FTF.(GoldenHaystack)
“If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list”
There is parking at the front of the church.
Cache is a 35mm film case...
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
...haqre erqhaqnag fgvyr.