Well of the Fian flag-stone

The name of a well in Jura, Inner Hebrides, that reputedly cured every disease. The sick person had to leave in it a pin, a needle, a button or other article, but if this was afterwards taken away there was no cure.

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References

Source

  • Campbell, J.G. (1902). Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland. Glascow: James MacLehose and Sons, p. 101.