Can
the cries of the drowned children still be heard at Greve de
Lecq?
Centuries
ago, Queen Elizabeth I gave Sark to Helier de Carteret, on the condition
that he would pay her 50 shillings a year, and would keep 40 men there
to defend Sark against the French.
Helier set
sail with several Jersey families, but as they passed the Pierre de Lecq
rocks one of the ships hit them, and sank. All on board were drowned,
including several children.
After that
tragedy, passing fishermen used to say a prayer in their memory - 'Our
Father' ('Pater Noster') - which is why these rocks are now known as the
Paternosters.
Some say
that when a storm is brewing, the cries of the drowned children can still
be heard.
