The Scex Plliau
Water and forest in legend
THE SCEX THAT PLLIAU
Once upon a time, on a cool morning, long ago, there was a beautiful eighteen-year-old girl named Joliette. While walking towards the forest, Joliette dreamed of Albert Baron Grimoald's son thinking of their impossible love. She stopped on a stone to mourn all the tears in her body. Suddenly, a fairy appeared before Joliette, saying:
A soul that is sad,
Will find that which console
On the Scex, near the torrent;
There, moaned the one she loves
There, supreme bliss
The strange apparition was lost in the distance under the arcades of the great oaks. Joliette sensed that Albert was waiting for him on the Scex.
Albert was alone sitting on the Scex, when he saw his beautiful and tender Joliette appear. He took her hand and kissed him, and began to tell him the bad news. He told him that his father did not want him to marry a poor peasant girl. But he swore to him that their love will always be eternal. All of a sudden, Baron Grimoald arrived, when he saw his son and Joliette he became red with anger.
The rock of the scex Plliau (© P.F. Boretti)
The rock of the scex Plliau
Tears of ice in winter (© P.F. Boretti)
Winter ice tears
He was so furious that he ordered his guards to catch Albert. Joliette, who did not know what to do, implored Albert's father not to throw him in prison. After reflection, the baron says: "When the Scex rained, my son will marry the beautiful, but until then, no!"
And the Lord struck the rock with his fist. At these words, a cry of surprise escaped all the mouths. The rock became wet; drops of water were beading on all sides. The rock was raining! Everyone shouted in patois: the Scex Plliau, the Scex Plliau!
As the father promised, after this miracle, the wedding was celebrated the same day in joy and cheerfulness. We never see the fairy of the forest again. Such is the legend of Scex that Plliau.