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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:50, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Aelhaiarn

 * ... that the miraculous "laughing waters" at St Aelhaiarn Well (pictured) had to be locked away after a diphtheria outbreak in 1900?
 * ALT1:... that Aelhaiarn (pictured) was known as the saint with the iron eyebrow?
 * ALT2:... that Welsh legend records that Saint Beuno felt really bad when he discovered his prayers had killed his servant Aelhaiarn (pictured)?
 * ALT3:... that, in Welsh legend, Saint Aelhaiarn (pictured) was raised from the dead with his eyebrow replaced by an iron pike spike?
 * ALT4:... that St Aelhaiarn holy well is a natural jacuzzi once popular with pilgrims on the way to Bardsey in Wales?
 * ALT5:... that a day-long feud over the remains of St Aelhaiarn (pictured) ended with both sides going home with a body?
 * ALT 6:... that Llanaelhaearn in Wales was long known as "Llanhaiarn" because they forgot how to spell their patron saint name?
 * ALT 7:... that Saint Aelhaiarn (pictured) was said to have been torn apart by wild animals for spying on Saint Beuno? (Don't worry: he got better.)
 * ALT 8:... that Sabine Baring-Gould felt that Saint Aelhaiarn (pictured) most reminded him of Thor's goats?
 * ALT 9:... that residents of Llanaelhaearn considered it a miracle that they could not hear Clynnog's bells inside St Aelhaiarn church?
 * Reviewed: Evolution of snake venom

Created by LlywelynII (talk). Self nominated at 10:34, 22 November 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Date OK, easily long enough. ALT3 confirmed by two online sources.  Article neutral and I detected no copyvio.  The relevant image is out of copyright. An interesting and well referenced article. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 11:46, 7 December 2014 (UTC)