In St Levan's Churchyard, Cornwall, is St Levan's Stone - a boulder split down the middle. It's said that St Levan would sit on the stone to rest after his fishing trips. One day, he struck the stone with his staff and repeated this rhyme:
" When with panniers astride,
A packhorse can ride,
Through St Levan's Stone,
The world will be done."
Thankfully, the split is not yet wide enough to usher in the apocalypse. Some have speculated that the stone, due to its 'labial' shape, may have been a focus of pagan rituals that later transferred themselves to a Christian saint. #mythologymonday #folklore #weird #mythology #Cornwall #history
