1893. This book explains and interprets the origin of superstitions connected with Scottish lochs and springs. It sheds light on how these misinterpretations have come about and how the imagination can distort reality. Partial Contents: Worship of Water, How Water became Holy, Saints and Springs, Stone Blocks, Healing and Holy Wells, Water-Cures, Water-Spirits, Charm-Stones, Sun-Worship and Well-Worship, Wishing-Wells.
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consecrated springs, holy pool, spring dedicated, tutelar saint, holy wells, certain spring Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
May Day, Isle of Man, Professor Rhys, Sir Arthur Mitchell, Sir Daniel Wilson, Hugh Miller, John's Well, Sir Walter Scott, Sunday of May, Firth of Forth, Lee Penny, Margaret's Well, Old Statistical Account of Scotland, Innis Maree, Mackintosh Gow, Queen Margaret, Tredwell's Loch, Anthony's Well, Captain White, Farne Island, Fergan Well, Fillan's Spring, Holy Island, Isle of May, Mary's Well New!
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May Day, Isle of Man, Professor Rhys, Sir Arthur Mitchell, Sir Daniel Wilson, Hugh Miller, John's Well, Sir Walter Scott, Sunday of May, Firth of Forth, Lee Penny, Margaret's Well, Old Statistical Account of Scotland, Innis Maree, Mackintosh Gow, Queen Margaret, Tredwell's Loch, Anthony's Well, Captain White, Farne Island, Fergan Well, Fillan's Spring, Holy Island, Isle of May, Mary's Well New!
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- Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland Pb by Hugh Miller on 4 pages
- Every-Day Book: Two Volumes Complete (Illustrated) by William Hone in Front Matter, page 272, and page 301
- Ethnology in Folklore by George Laurence Gomme in Front Matter, page 218, and page 224
- The Folklore of East Yorkshire by John Nicholson in Front Matter, and page 163
- Folklore of Shakespeare by T.F.Thiselton Dyer in Front Matter, and page 216
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