Stuck high up on a wall verging on a busy road in the village of Rottingdean, this piece of local folklore located on the former home of Rudyard Kipling is so hard to find even most locals might not know its there. To some, it looks like a dog, to others a human face, or even a gargoyle. Nobody knows exactly what it is supposed to be, but this curious stone is the center of an odd local custom. Local custom is to touch the wishing stone on the nose with your…