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South Barrule

This is the case with South Barrule, the spring near the top of which cannot, it is said, be found when sought a second time; also with Snaefell and with Maughold Head, which boasts one of the most fa

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This is the case with South Barrule, the spring near the top of which cannot, it is said, be found when sought a second time; also with Snaefell and with Maughold Head, which boasts one of the most fa (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • comparison: As to the latter in particular, I have heard it related by persons who were.present, how the crowds on the top of South Barrule on the first Sunday of Harvest were denounced as pagans by a preacher ca (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

    "As to the latter in particular, I have heard it related by persons who were.present, how the crowds on the top of South Barrule on the first Sunday of Harvest were denounced as pagans by a preacher called William Gick, some seventy years ago; and how another man called Paric Beg, or Little Patrick, preaching to the crowds on Snaefell in milder terms, used to wind up the service with a collection, which appears to have proved a speedier method"

  • attestation: This is the case with South Barrule, the spring near the top of which cannot, it is said, be found when sought a second time; also with Snaefell and with Maughold Head, which boasts one of the most fa (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

    "This is the case with South Barrule, the spring near the top of which cannot, it is said, be found when sought a second time; also with Snaefell and with Maughold Head, which boasts one of the most famous springs in the island."