St. Cuthbert's Beads
English Folklore, Northumbrian Folklore, Carboniferous Crinoids
978-613-9-37805-0
6139378052
88
2013-08-14
39.00 €
eng
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. St. Cuthbert's beads (or Cuddy's beads) are fossilised portions of the "stems" of Carboniferous crinoids. Crinoids are a kind of marine echinoderm which are still extant, and which are sometimes known as "sea lilies". These bead-like fossils are washed out onto the beach and in medieval Northumberland were strung together as necklaces or rosaries, and became associated with St Cuthbert. In other parts of England, circular crinoid columnals were known as "fairy money." Pentagonal crinoid columnals were known as "star stones", and moulds of the stems left impressions which were known as screwstones. In Germany, the columnals were known as "Bonifacius pfennige" (St Boniface's pennies).
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