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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e56141a8-85ce-4072-a8b4-388feac50cc6/B8DE6A83-8D35-4EC2-9DDE-CE0EFDE070B7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.geocities.com/jamesrattue/wells_home.html" href="http://www.geocities.com/jamesrattue/wells_home.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.geocities.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geocities.com/jamesrattue/wells_home.html"><DIV>Sacred wells and springs can be found in all continents and cultures, and there is no clear 'story' that explains them all. Sometimes you will still hear the old-fashioned view promoted that holy wells began as pagan sites and were adopted by the Christian Church and rededicated to saints who then displaced the old gods who were formerly worshipped there. This account derives from the early days of antiquarian and folklore study, and gradually became overlaid with pagan and ecological concerms. It's now mostly faded into the background as holy well enthusiasts have realised things are much more complicated. At a very few sites you can indeed trace development straight through from pagan times to Christian observances, but the past history of most wells is simply lost. Each episode in the history of human society has managed to create sacred water-sites in its own way, from pagan wells to Christian wells to spas to wishing wells.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geocities.com/jamesrattue/wells_home.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.geocities.com/img/EBF85362-752B-40E6-A430-B688E7685C1C" alt="Bonville Spring at Witley" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geocities.com/jamesrattue/wells_home.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.geocities.com/img/AEBD3FA9-A632-442E-87DF-F755357174AA" alt="Tabernacula dei Fonticini" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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