Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Is This The Grail...?

As far back as I can remember, folks have been talking about finding the Holy Grail. Did it actually exist? Where could it be? Does it really have healing powers? So many questions and so few answers. From Listverse, here is an interesting look at a cup fragment that is worth looking at.

The Nanteos Cup



Photo credit: National Library of Wales

The Nanteos Cup, considered by some to be the Holy Grail, is a wooden cup (or, more precisely, the remains of what used to be a wooden cup). Originally kept at Strata Florida Abbey in Wales, the cup is now on permanent display at the National Library of Wales.

The cup has long been believed to have the power to heal. The cup’s poor condition is probably due to the habit of lending it to the sick, the lame, and the dying. No charge was made for the loan of the cup, though borrowers were required to leave their most valuable asset as a deposit to ensure its return.

The cup was stolen in 2014 but returned safely via an anonymous source a year later. It is not known whether the thieves took the cup for its mystical properties, though police might have considered investigating anyone who had recently made a miraculous recovery.

I guess it would be nice if this legend would come true, but I fear there would be fighting and war over ownership. Maybe we should leave it alone in the museum.

Coffee out on the patio this morning.

7 comments:

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linda m said...

I say leave it alone and in the museum. Artifacts like that will only cause more trouble as everyone will want it. No rain yesterday so I was able to mow the lawn. Bush whacked the "swamp" over the weekend.

HermitJim said...

Hey Linda...
I agree with you on that. Leave it alone.
Thanks for coming over today!

Mamahen said...

I agree also. Leave it where it is. We had a sunny but cool day yesterday, but rain moves nack in for the rest if the week starting today.

Rob said...

If that cup has been healing people for over 2,000 years who are we to say "lock it up" now?

JO said...

I say leave it where it is. If people keep handling it it will just completely fall apart.

See you on the patio nice morning but won't last long before the heat moves in.

Dizzy-Dick said...

I believe that God is the Healer and whatever method He uses is OK with me.