Mynyd Mawr

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: Next may be mentioned a well, bearing the remarkable name of Ffynnon Gwyned:, or the Well of Gwyned, which is situated near Mynyd Mawr, in the parish of Abererch: it used to be consulted in the follow (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter VI: The Folklore of the Wells)

  "Next may be mentioned a well, bearing the remarkable name of Ffynnon Gwyned:, or the Well of Gwyned, which is situated near Mynyd Mawr, in the parish of Abererch: it used to be consulted in the following manner: — When it was desired to discover whether an ailing person would recover, a garment of his would be thnto the well, and according to the side on which it sank it was known whether he would live or die."

• attestation: The following is the version of the story (translated) as I had it from him: — There was once a man of the name of Owen living on Mynyd Mawr (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter VI: The Folklore of the Wells)

  "' The following is the version of the story (translated) as I had it from him: — There was once a man of the name of Owen living on Mynyd Mawr, and he had a well, "ffynnoti.""

• attestation: He and his men had their abode in a cave on the northern side of Mynyd Mawr, and while there Owen used, we are informed, to water his steed at a fine spring covered with a large stone, which it requir (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter VI: The Folklore of the Wells)

  "He and his men had their abode in a cave on the northern side of Mynyd Mawr, and while there Owen used, we are informed, to water his steed at a fine spring covered with a large stone, which it required the strength of a giant to lift."