tricklings

Updated: June 14, 2025

Moss and lichen stain the white walls that are streaked by black tricklings from above, and are accordingly not beautiful their faces are like that of a pale, dirty, and weeping child with a cold in its head, who does not use a pocket-handkerchief.

S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould - Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe