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A wishing well is a term from European folklore to describe wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. The idea that a wish would be granted came from the notion that water housed deities or had been placed there as a gift from the gods.
This is the first light image for the Wide Field and Planetary Camera of the Hubble Space Telescope, taken in May 1990; this view is near star HD96755 in the open cluster NGC 3532. [21] This view is 11 by 14 arcseconds of the sky. [21]
The wishing well and its trove of artifacts will be studied further to gain more insight into the daily life of settlers 3,000 years ago. A view of the well as construction takes place nearby.
Wishes written on red ribbons and tied to a tree in Beihai, Guangxi, China. Several cultures engage in customs that entail wish-granting, such as blowing out the candles on a birthday cake, praying, seeing a shooting star at night, [1] tossing a coin into a wishing well or fountain, breaking the wishbone of a cooked turkey, blowing a dandelion, or writing wishes on a ribbon or a sky lantern.
Also, unlike most other solar measurements, sunrise occurs when the Sun's upper limb, rather than its center, appears to cross the horizon. The apparent radius of the Sun at the horizon is 16 arcminutes. [1] These two angles combine to define sunrise to occur when the Sun's center is 50 arcminutes below the horizon, or 90.83° from the zenith. [1]
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St Keyne's Well. St Keyne's well is a holy well dedicated to Saint Keyne, located about 0.6 miles (1 km) southeast of the village. A small housing was built over the well in the 16th century, this was rebuilt in the 1930s. [4] [better source needed] The ballad The Well of St Keyne was written by the poet Robert Southey (1774–1843). [5]