Don Simons
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RE: 2008 Gorse Lea Marshals’ Late Extra
How remiss of me; of course, the roofless (also window and floorless) Chapel of St Trinnian's would have to be a fun day out for the whole family. However be warned that none other than ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (before he was knighted) has remarked on this haunted place and quoted the following first-hand account in his reputation ruining "THE COMING OF THE FAIRIES":
One remarkable first-hand case of seeing fairies came from the Rev. Arnold J. Holmes. He wrote:
“The startling phenomena occurred on my journey home from Peel Town at night to St. Mark's (where I was Incumbent). "After passing Sir Hall Caine's beautiful residence, Greeba Castle, my horse--a spirited one--suddenly stopped dead, and looking ahead I saw amid the obscure light and misty moonbeams what appeared to be a small army of indistinct figures--very small, clad in gossamer garments. They appeared to be perfectly happy, scampering and tripping along the road, having come from the direction of the beautiful sylvan glen of Greeba and St. Trinian's Roofless Church. The legend is that it has ever been the fairies' haunt, and when an attempt has been made on two occasions to put a roof on, the fairies have removed all the work during the night, and for a century no further attempts have been made. It has therefore been left to the 'little people' who claimed it as their own. "I watched spellbound, my horse half mad with fear. The little happy army then turned in the direction of Witch's Hill, and mounted a mossy bank; one 'little man' of larger stature than the rest, about 14 inches high, stood at attention until all had passed him dancing, singing, with happy abandon, across the Valley fields towards St. John's Mount."
This extract is quoted to refute the existence of fairies as what the good Reverend observed after exiting the fleshpots and ale houses of Peel, was indeed a group of Gorse Lea marshals filled with cider and Melton Mowbray pie staggering back to the Witch's place for a nightcap. There is the mystery of the 14inch man yet to be solved, the reference to St John's Mount and the gossamer garments for decorum's sake I will make no comment.
Rest in Peace Don Simons 1942 - 2012
(This post was last modified: 01-08-2008, 02:48 AM by Don Simons.)
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2008 Gorse Lea Marshals’ Late Extra
