I don't think I'd argue with the Guest's statement, Les - although he/she puts a bit of "spin" it. If you Google springs wells sacred, you'll find that springs and wells were considered to be sacred by many ancient cultures. Even today, we have the mythology of "well witching" that actually seems to work to find water sources with a forked branch.

Seems to me that there's a whole lot of superstition behind the tradition of well dressing. People who take it seriously, might call it "Celtic spirituality" or something like that - but it also seems to be a fun tradition to carry on. So, what the hell?

And hey, they have rams in Derbyshire, so why not Celts? This Website seems to think they were there:

http://www.derbyshireuk.net/celts.html

It was the biggest ram, sir, that ever was fed on hay.
That's a lie! That's a lie! That's a lie, a lie, a lie!

-Joe-