sentences:  Penitents inside were on their knees, some with arms uplifted praying aloud others counting rosary beads or using a small pebble or cutting notches on a stick to indicate the number of prayers to be repeated.A rusty piece of iron was passed from one pilgrim to the next and placed on the head three times, accompanied by a prayer.A man belonging to a mendicant order scratched the wall of the well with a piece of slate, following the imprint of the cross.