Fairy cup
The Luck of Edenhall
Stolen from the fairies.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- Quiet village by the Eden
- Legend from
- Penrith
- Tone
- Whimsical
If this cup should break...
The Luck of Edenhall is a 14th-century enamelled glass beaker, now in the V&A. It was first named in 1677 in the will of Sir Philip Musgrave. Legend says fairies left it behind when a household member disturbed them drinking at a well in the Eden Hall garden. Breaking the cup was said to doom the family's luck.