St. Cuthbert's Beads.
These beads were made from the single joints of the articulated stems of Encrinites. The central perforation permitted them to be strung. From the fancied resemblance of this perforation to a cross, they were formerly used as rosaries, and associated with the name of St. Cuthbert—
"On a rock by Lindisfarm
St. Cuthbert sits and toils to frame
The sea-born beads that bear his name."