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Devil's Well
__Ellen Stadelman__ According to local legend, the “Devil’s Well” in the village of Layana, was built by the Devil himself for a girl who lived a long way from the river and was tired of the long trips she had to make to fetch water. The girl summoned the Devil and offered him her soul in exchange for a well on condition that the well was built before sunrise and before the cock crowed. Satan was eager for the girl’s soul and, convinced that he could finish the well before dawn, hurriedly started to build the well that very night. The girl watched and saw that the Devil was going to finish on time and that she would be condemned to an eternity in Hell. She decided to trick the Devil by waking the cock with a lamp so that he would crow before dawn. And that’s how she got her well and managed to get rid of the devil at the same time.