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" Scotland a large cbrystal, of a figure somewhat oval, was kept by the priests to work charms by ; water poured upon it at this day is given to cattle against diseases : these stones are now preserved by the oldest and most superstitious in the country... "
An Irish-English Dictionary ... - Page 326
by Edward O'Reilly - 1864 - 725 pages
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Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the ..., Volume 3

John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1842 - 312 pages
...of a figure somewhat oval, was kept hy the priests to work charms hy ; water poured upon it at this day is given to cattle against diseases : .these stones are now preserved hy the oldest and most superstitious in the country (Shawe). They were once common in Ireland. I am...
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Observations on popular antiquities: including the whole of mr ..., Volume 3

John Brand - 1842 - 306 pages
...of a figure somewhat oval, was kept by the priests to work charms by ; water poured upon it at this day is given to cattle against diseases : these stones are now preserved by the oldest and most superstitious in the country (Shawe). They were once common in Ireland. I am...
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly ..., Volume 3

John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 520 pages
...of a figure somewhat oval, was kept by the priests to work charms by ; water poured upon it at this day is given to cattle against diseases : these stones are now preserved by the oldest and most superstitious in the country (Shawe). They were once common in Ireland. I am...
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An Irish-English dictionary. With a suppl. by J. O'Donovan

Edward O'Reilly - 1864 - 764 pages
...to work charms by ; water poured upon it, at the present day, is given to cattle against discasís. These stones are now preserved for the same purpose...oldest and the most superstitious in the country, S/i.; these are called f Aigit) among the Irish. 1/eiceAt), leicead, a. neat, elegant. leiceAtiCA,...
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Folk-lore of Shakespeare

Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1884 - 580 pages
...of a figure somewhat oval, was kept by the priests to work charms by ; water poured upon it at this day is given to cattle against diseases ; these stones are now preserved by the oldest and most superstitious in the country; they were once common in Ireland." Further allusions...
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Scottish Charms and Amulets

George Fraser Black - Amulets - 1894 - 106 pages
...figure somewhat oval, which priests keep to work charms by. Water poured upon it, at this day [1780], is given to cattle against diseases. These stones are now preserved for the same purposes by the oldest and most superstitious in the country" (Gaelic Dictionary, 1780, vol. i. ».».)•...
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Beyond the Witch Trials: Witchcraft and Magic in Enlightenment Europe

Owen Davies, Willem De Blécourt - History - 2004 - 226 pages
...crystal, of a figure somewhat oval, which priests kept to work charms by. Water poured upon it, at this day, is given to cattle against diseases. These stones are now preserved for the same purposes by the oldest and most superstitious in the country'; and as late as 1 795 knives were being...
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The New Age Magazine, Volume 29

Freemasonry - 1921 - 642 pages
...crystal of a figure somewhat oval was kept by the priests to work charms by; water poured upon it at this day is given to cattle against diseases; these stones are now preserved by the oldest and most superstitious in the country. They were once common in Ireland." The English...
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