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Mother Shipton was born Ursula Southeil or Sonthiel, in 1486 or 1488 (though some sources claim she was born as early as 1448) [11] to 15-year-old Agatha Soothtale, allegedly in a cave outside the town of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire.
Mother Shipton's Cave (or "Old Mother Shipton's Cave") is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well , also known as a dropping well. [ 1 ] The latter is the oldest tourist attraction to charge a fee in England, and has been operated since 1630. [ 2 ]
Mother Shipton is a mostly mythical character, who supposedly foretold the death of Cardinal Wolsey in 1530. [2] Charles Hindley, a nineteenth-century bookseller, created a prophetic poem that he claimed to be by Shipton. [9] This poem told of "Carriages without horses" and air planes, as well as predicting the end of the world in 1881. [10]
Ursula Southeil (ca.1488–1561), known as Mother Shipton, a medieval seer, may have been born in a cave south of the town. [38] Robert Byerley (1660–1714), soldier and politician, lived at Goldsborough Hall; Eugene Aram (1704-1759), scholar and murderer lived here. [39]
"Petrified" teddy bears in the waterfall at Mother Shipton's Cave. The steadily-flowing water is rich in calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate, which crystallises on objects and gradually hardens them. A petrifying well is a well or other body of water which gives objects a stone-like appearance.
A king riding across the county with his army was accosted by a local witch called Mother Shipton. [31] She said to him: Seven long strides thou shalt take, says she
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Looking around, he realizes that Uncle Billy has fled with the group's horses and mules. They are all now forced to wait out the storm with provisions that will likely only last for another 10 days. After a week in the cabin, Mother Shipton dies, having secretly and altruistically starved herself in order to give her rations to Piney. Oakhurst ...