"The rising reptiles turned to stone, each one decapitated"
April 10, 2019 10:29 PM Subscribe
Tales from English Folklore #1: St Hilda and the Snakes Whitby Abbey, on the coast of North Yorkshire, is the setting of a curious English legend. It is said that the curly ammonites that erode from the cliffs there are snakes, which were turned to stone after a local abbess prayed for God to banish them.
Admirers of Mrs Crocombe may recognize a familiar face.
Admirers of Mrs Crocombe may recognize a familiar face.
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