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Page 82
... stone and flint instruments , one cinerary urn of the " food vessel " type , one bronze vessel , one skull and two fragments of skulls of prehistoric man found in the neighbourhood . There are three specimens of sculptured stones ...
... stone and flint instruments , one cinerary urn of the " food vessel " type , one bronze vessel , one skull and two fragments of skulls of prehistoric man found in the neighbourhood . There are three specimens of sculptured stones ...
Page 317
... stone and curses were effected by dropping small magic - working stones into water . St. Columba is credited with curing Broichan , the Inverness Pictish Druid , by providing a stone which was placed in a goblet of water . Adamnan tells ...
... stone and curses were effected by dropping small magic - working stones into water . St. Columba is credited with curing Broichan , the Inverness Pictish Druid , by providing a stone which was placed in a goblet of water . Adamnan tells ...
Page 318
... stones , etc. Until recently a hallowed stone was kept in Highland byres and referred to as Clach - na - gruagach ( " stone of the Gruagach ' ) . Milkmaids poured offerings of milk into the hollow to ensure that cream would rise and the ...
... stones , etc. Until recently a hallowed stone was kept in Highland byres and referred to as Clach - na - gruagach ( " stone of the Gruagach ' ) . Milkmaids poured offerings of milk into the hollow to ensure that cream would rise and the ...
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