Sacred Cross / St Piran Beads

Some examples to date...

"Cornish culture is on every signpost, it is there in the way that we greet and regard each other.
It is in the silent monuments of our landscape, it is in song, dance, drink and meal. It is in the voices that once echoed from a thousand feet underground. It is in the vast reserve of legend and folklore, and in the creativity and ingenuity of Cornish artists, writers, poets, boatbuilders and engineers. It is present in the rhythmic straining's of pilot-gig oarsmen and women.
It is in the decorations that adorn the trees around our many holy wells, it is present in the hilltop solstice bonfires and dances, it booms out in the breath taking harmonics of our massed community choirs. It is in every ancient or revived festival from Land’s End to the Tamar.
It is in the lusty enthusiasm given to public renditions of Trelawny, Camborne Hill and other truly Cornish anthems. It’s there in every Yeth an Werin. It’s there in our unique brand of humour. It’s there in our churches, chapels, pubs and knackt bals. It’s in every Cornish home and every Cornish gathering.
It is the iconic flag of St Piran that now flies proudly everywhere.
It is subtle, developed in its own way, and at its own rate, a gradual way that has become accepted ingredients of the landscape itself. An effect rather than an impact."
Craig Weatherhil

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“The cross has been widely recognized as a symbol of Christianity from an early period. However, the use of the cross as a religious symbol predates Christianity; in the ancient times it was a pagan religious symbol throughout Europe and western Asia. The effigy of a man hanging on a cross was set up in the fields to protect the crops. It often appeared in conjunction with the female-genital circle or oval, to signify the sacred marriage.”

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross)