Crispin and Crispinian, the shoemaker saints, were said to have been martyred in France. A Kentish tradition held that their relics were thrown into the sea and washed ashore at Romney Marsh. On the old clog almanacs their day was marked with a pair of shoes.
Crispin and Crispinian at Romney Marsh
25 October · Romney Marsh, Kent
Lore and belief
according to a Kentish tradition, their relics, after being cast into the sea, were washed ashore at Romney Marsh.
From Chambers's Book of Days, vol. 2, p. 492. Read the original
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