Excerpt from What Good Does Wishing Do? In the Book of Days there is related the legend of the wishing-wells of Walsingham. In the Old days there were, in Norfolk, England, two wells, between which lay a stone. Upon that stone, said tradition, one must kneel with his right knee bare. He must plunge one hand in each well, so that the water reaches the wrist, and while doing so, may Wish for anything he desires. After this, he must drink as much of the water of the wells as may be held in the hollow of his hands. If he never ...
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Excerpt from What Good Does Wishing Do? In the Book of Days there is related the legend of the wishing-wells of Walsingham. In the Old days there were, in Norfolk, England, two wells, between which lay a stone. Upon that stone, said tradition, one must kneel with his right knee bare. He must plunge one hand in each well, so that the water reaches the wrist, and while doing so, may Wish for anything he desires. After this, he must drink as much of the water of the wells as may be held in the hollow of his hands. If he never tells his Wish to any other, never utters it aloud, even to himself, - within a year his wish Will come true! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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