FOLKLORE OF SCOTTISH LOCHS AND SPRINGS. BY JAMES M. MACKINLAY, M.A., F.S.A.Scot. GLASGOW: WILLIAM HODGE & Co. 1893. PREFATORY NOTE. No work giving a comprehensive account of Well-worship in Scotland has yet appeared. Mr. R. C. Hope's recent volume, "Holy Wells: Their Legends and Traditions," discusses the subject in its relation to England. In the following pages an attempt has been made to illustrate the more outstanding facts associated with the cult north of the Tweed. Various holy wells are referred to by name; but the list makes no claim to be exhaustive. J. M. M. 4 Westbourne Gardens, Glasgow, December, 1893. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. Worship of Water, 1 II. How Water became Holy, 24 III. Saints and Springs, 39 IV. More Saints and Springs, 56 V. Stone Blocks and Saints' Springs, 72 VI. Healing and Holy Wells, 86 VII. Water-Cures, 108 VIII. Some Wonderful Wells, 128 IX. Witness of Water, 140 X. Water-Spirits, 155 XI. More Water-Spirits, 171 XII. Offerings at Lochs and Springs, 188 XIII. Weather and Wells, 213 XIV. Trees and Springs, 230 XV. Charm-Stones in and out of Water, 241 XVI. Pilgrimages to Wells, 263 XVII. Sun-Worship and Well-Worship, 280 XVIII. Wishing-Wells, 314 XIX. Meaning of Marvels, 324 Among the works consulted are the following, the titles being given in alphabetical order:-- A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland. By John MacCulloch, M.D. 1819. A Description of the Western Islands. By M. Martin. Circa 1695. A Handbook of Weather Folklore. By the Rev. C. Swainson, M.A. A Historical Account of the belief in Witchcraft in Scotland. By Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe. A Journey through the Western Counties of Scotland. By Robert Heron. 1799. Ancient Legends: Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland. By Lady Wilde. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language. By John Jamieson, D.D. Annals of Dunfermline and Vicinity. By Ebenezer Henderson, LL.D. Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland. By Rev. Charles Cordiner. 1780. Archæological Sketches in Scotland: Districts of Kintyre and Knapdale. By Captain T. P. White. A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII. By Thomas Pennant. A Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX. By Thomas Pennant.