5. But had I wist, before I kissed, That love had been sae ill to win, I'd lock'd my heart in a case of gold, And pinn'd it wi' a siller pin. O! oh! if my young babe were born, And set upon the nurse's knee. And I mysel were dead and gane, And the green grass growing over me!" Fortunately, the associations of St. Anthony's Well have not all been so sad as the above. Many a hopeful moment has been passed beside its margin. A little girl from Aberdeenshire, when on a visit to friends in Edinburgh, made trial of the sacred spring. She was cautioned not to tell anyone what her wish was, else the charm would have no effect. On her return home, however, her eagerness to know whether the wish had, in the meantime, been fulfilled, quite overcame her ability to keep the secret. Her first words were, "Has the pony come?" St. Anthony must have been in good humour with the child, for he provided the pony, thus evidently condoning the breach of silence in deference to her youth. Surely there must be something in wishing-wells, after all, besides water. CHAPTER XIX. MEANING OF MARVELS. Mystery of a Spring--Marvel and Magic--Misinterpretation of Natural Phenomena--Healing Power of Springs--Peterhead--Poetry and Superstition--MacCulloch--Mistake about a Tree--Strange Appearances of Nature--Spring at Kintail--Disappearance of Spring near Perth--Saints and Storms--St. Milburga--Water like Blood--Origin of Belief in Guardian Spirits--Why Gifts were Offered--Weather Charms--Coincidences--Prophecy of Water--Philosophy of Wishing Wells--Worship of Trees and Springs--Charm-Stones--Continued Reverence for Holy Wells--Conclusion.