Pasternosters Crying children

The ghostly cries near Gréve de Lecq

Queen Elizabeth I gave the Channel Island, Sark, to Helier de Carteret, At Ouen's Seigneur. In return he would pay 50 shillings a year and keep 40 men there to defend Sark against the French

Helier set sail with several Jersey families, careful to avoid the dangerous Pierre de Lecq rocks on the way . However 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') in their memory- 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.