from the Celtic Folk Customs book.... 17th May, St Madron's Day CELTIC. St Madron was a Cornish saint from the village near Penzance that bears his name. His well at Madron is a place of pilgrimage for those seeking cures or to reveal the future by studying its reflections. Lunatics and sick children are said to be cured if they sleep inside the ruined chapel by the well, on 'St. Madron's Bed'. Rags are left on the hawthorn nearby. Here is a good website on the well: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~prsrlp/kernunos/england/madron.htm (my notes: My ggggrandparents, Blanche Maclean and William Phillips were married in 1803 in Madron) -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com Professional Genealogy Research All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton 2002