They say Saint Piran sailed to Cornwall from Ireland on a millstone, but everyone knows that’s not really true.
Try sailing anywhere on a millstone, you’ll see the flaw.
Really, it was Magpie who carried him across the ocean, unfortunately being distracted by a sparkleshine twenty metres from shore, leading the locals to find him with salt-clammy skin and a tongue full of sand.
The trickster bird found Saint Piran on an Irish cliff, being chased down by a mob after a surfeit of both whisky and opinions.
“Son,” he said, “I know somewhere they are going to LOVE you.”
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Bit of an indulgence, this one, but it was St Piran’s Day yesterday and I couldn’t let it go past without a story.
It is, of course, completely true that St Piran was carried across the Irish Sea by Magpie. If you want proof, have a look at the colours he used for his flag:
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An amusing little ditty, I’m sure St. Piran would see the funny side!