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Page 31
... Springs " ) , " the latter were usually considered the guardians of the sacred water . This was natural enough . If , for instance , St. Michael was supposed to watch over a spring , why should not his aid have been sought in connection ...
... Springs " ) , " the latter were usually considered the guardians of the sacred water . This was natural enough . If , for instance , St. Michael was supposed to watch over a spring , why should not his aid have been sought in connection ...
Page 32
... spring was not the festival of the saint to whom it was dedicated , but a day quite distinct from such festival . Petitions , too , were frequently addressed not to the saint of the well , but to a character possessing fewer Christian ...
... spring was not the festival of the saint to whom it was dedicated , but a day quite distinct from such festival . Petitions , too , were frequently addressed not to the saint of the well , but to a character possessing fewer Christian ...
Page 35
... springs whose waters caused whomsoever should drink of them to die of mad laughter . In England there were wells which cured , and wells which caused , insanity . Some added to the years of life , and some subtracted from them ; some ...
... springs whose waters caused whomsoever should drink of them to die of mad laughter . In England there were wells which cured , and wells which caused , insanity . Some added to the years of life , and some subtracted from them ; some ...
Page 36
... springs . Cornwall was one of the first parts of England to accept Christianity , and the missionaries found it politic not to interfere with the deep - rooted faith of the people in their sacred wells , each with a guardian spirit ...
... springs . Cornwall was one of the first parts of England to accept Christianity , and the missionaries found it politic not to interfere with the deep - rooted faith of the people in their sacred wells , each with a guardian spirit ...
Page 40
... springs . Some of them he found to be little more than names and traditions ; others had no history , or the history was lost , but the majority were still legend- haunted , the abode of superstition , the scenes of quaint ceremonies ...
... springs . Some of them he found to be little more than names and traditions ; others had no history , or the history was lost , but the majority were still legend- haunted , the abode of superstition , the scenes of quaint ceremonies ...
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