Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
This came to me when I was working on my latest painting,' Courtship At Men-An -Tol' If you wish to see my work you can find it at the link facebook.com/Art-by-Ali-H-109217204274248
Men-An-Tol, meaning 'Stone with the hole' in Cornish, is one of many wonderful standing stones in beautiful Cornwall, here in England and dates back to the late Neolithic or early Bronze age. It is not known if the hole in the stone is a natural occurrence or deliberately sculpted. Much mystery surrounds the stones, but in pagan/Wiccan beliefs it is considered a symbol of fertility, and legend claims that if at full moon, a woman passes through the holed stone seven times backwards, she will soon become pregnant. Another legend is that passage through the stone would cure a child of rickets, and for centuries children with the condition were passed through the hole nine times.
Oh come to the stones, oh come to the stones
And merry meet, merry meet, we'll meet again
Oh come to the stone with the hole Men An Tol
And courtship and babi's in bellies they'll be
Oh come to the stones, oh come to the stones
And merry meet, merry meet, we'll meet again
Oh come to the stone with the hole Men An Tol
By the light of the Mother moon , we'll meet again
Oh skip through the stone with the hole Men An Tol
And cure all your ails so we'll meet again
Oh come to the stones oh come to the stones
The stone with the hole Men An Tol
This came to me when I was working on my latest painting,' Courtship At Men-An -Tol' If you wish to see my work you can find it at the link facebook.com/Art-by-Ali-H-109217204274248
Men-An-Tol, meaning 'Stone with the hole' in Cornish, is one of many wonderful standing stones in beautiful Cornwall, here in England and dates back to the late Neolithic or early Bronze age. It is not known if the hole in the stone is a natural occurrence or deliberately sculpted. Much mystery surrounds the stones, but in pagan/Wiccan beliefs it is considered a symbol of fertility, and legend claims that if at full moon, a woman passes through the holed stone seven times backwards, she will soon become pregnant. Another legend is that passage through the stone would cure a child of rickets, and for centuries children with the condition were passed through the hole nine times.
Oh come to the stones, oh come to the stones
And merry meet, merry meet, we'll meet again
Oh come to the stone with the hole Men An Tol
And courtship and babi's in bellies they'll be
Oh come to the stones, oh come to the stones
And merry meet, merry meet, we'll meet again
Oh come to the stone with the hole Men An Tol
By the light of the Mother moon , we'll meet again
Oh skip through the stone with the hole Men An Tol
And cure all your ails so we'll meet again
Oh come to the stones oh come to the stones
The stone with the hole Men An Tol
