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 326by Edward O'Reilly - 1864 - 725 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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. ».».)•... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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