The carpenter who built this church spire blamed his construction fault on the devil. It worked. People don’t remember his name and his error about wood moving after construction. What they do remember is the legend that the devil corkskrewed the tower in a fit … Continue reading Orange and Lemons Say the Bells of St Clements
“Words can be twisted into any shape.”
Karen Marie Moning
I’m pretty sure that Karen Moning wasn’t thinking of graffity and street art when she wrote this line but the words on these walls are definitely twisted.
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Legend has it that the devil himself twisted the spire of St Clemens in Mayen. I’m not sure if that’s true but it’s a much more compelling story than that it was simply caused by a mistake of the carpenters.
Since the devil’s ire came from being fooled into helping to build the church – he’d been told that the people of Mayen were building an inn with a ballroom rather than a church – here are a few twisted vines.
Linked to Six Word Saturday. More six words and accompanying photos can be found here.
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