| Notes: | The Western Times
Saturday, 27 Apr 1850, Page 5
The Rev. R. Hart, Vicar of Catton, Norfolk, said last week, in a lecture at Norwich , on the “Shrines of Norfolk,” that in a chapel at the upper end of the parish church at Winfarthing a sword was preserved called the “Good Sword of Winfarthing.” One of its properties was &ldquo,that when the yoke of matrimony galled a woman, or, to speak less metaphorically, a wife wished to be a widow, she need only resort to this sword, burn a light before it for twelve months, and her wish would be accomplished. The omission however of a single day broke the charm. A suspicious husband, if he examined his chandler’s bill, could easily avert his impending fate.&rdquo, |
