St. Boswell’s, 51,
61;
Burn, 61.
St. Catherine’s on Loch Fyne, 64.
St. Fergus, Parish of, 58.
St. Fillan’s, 82.
St. George, 181.
St. Lawrence, Parish of. See Slamannan.
St. Margaret’s Stone Farm, 83.
St. Martin’s Abbey, 49.
St. Mary’s Loch, 180.
St. Ninian’s, 48.
St. Quintin, 145.
“St. Ronan’s Well,” 56.
St. Serf’s Water, 55.
Saints and Springs, 39–55, 186, 187.
Saints’ Wells, 32.
Salmon, 232.
Salt as a charm, 160.
Sampson, Agnes, 216.
Sancta Crux Well in Crueshill, 277.
Sanctuary, Right of, 34;
abolished in England by James I., 35;
laws regarding, 35.
Sanda, 48.
Sandal, 67.
Sandplace, 52.
Sanquhar, 296.
Saracen Prince, 259.
Sarcophagi, Gems with mystic mottoes in, 243.
Satan and Satanic. See Devil.
Saturnalia, Roman, 283.
Saughton Hall, 260.
Saxby, Mrs. Jessie M. E., 101, 102.
Scandinavia, 243, 252, 264, 284, 309.
Scilly Isles, 320.
Scotland, 62, 63, 70, 74, 75, 95, 106, 113, 114, 117, 120, 139, 143, 150, 163, 192, 206, 212, 217, 257, 259, 265, 267, 269, 271, 282, 284, 298, 307, 309.
—— New Statistical Account of, 27, 37, 57, 76, 124.
—— Old Statistical Account of, 21, 26, 27, 82, 89, 183, 201.
—— Society of Antiquaries of, 243, 255;
Proceedings of the, 29,
30, 69, 79, 91, 92,
100, 102, 112, 113, 122, 153, 244, 253, 265.
Scott, Sir John, vicar of Aberdour, 265.
Scots, Mary Queen of, 245.
Scott, Michael, 133.
Scott, Sir Walter, 56, 119, 132, 179, 182, 219, 238, 259, 268, 320;
his mother’s amulet, 245.
Scripture characters, Wells dedicated to, 67–71.
Scrofula, 90.
Sea, leading horses into the, 7;
magical power ascribed to the, 6;
water from the, for curative purposes, 6.
Seal-ancestry in Shetland, 5.
Seals, superstitions about, 4, 5.
Sea-serpents, 4. Sea-trows in Shetland, 4.
Seat, St., Kevin’s, 79.
Secrecy of visits to wells, 278, 279.
Selkirk, 67.
Senanus, St., 100.
Serf, St., otherwise Servanus, 55;
his cave at Dysart, 55;
his cell at Dunning, 55;
his connection with district north of the Firth of Forth, 55;
his link with the Monzievaird parish, 55;
his staff, 235;
his wells, 55.
Serf’s, St., Day, 282.
Shargar stone at Fyvie, 81.
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, 149.
Shaw, 267.
Shear’s, St., Well at Dumbarton, 55. Sheles and Spital Sheles in Kyle Stewart, 87.
Shells as offerings, 189.
Sheriffmuir, 258.
Shetland Islands, 47, 101, 178, 221.
Shin, 166.
Shirt, use of, in magic, 9. Shony, sea-god, Sacrifice to, in Lewis, 4.
Shotts, 63.
Sigget, 296.
Sight, Weakness of, 110.
Sikes, Mr. Wirt, 222.
Silence, Necessity of, 12, 34, 316, 317, 318, 323, 337. Siller or Silver wells, 198.
Silver coins as offerings, 196, 198.
Silvius, Æneas, 267.
Simpson, Sir J. Y., 257.
Sinavey spring in Mains parish, 47.
Sinking or floating, Auguries by, 141, 142, 150, 151.
Siracht, 120.
Skeulan well at Aboyne, 43.
Skibo Castle, 166.
Skinner’s well, 275.
Skulls, human, Folklore of, 222.
Slamannan, 64.
Sligo, 225.
Slochd-Muichd, 174.
Snail in folk-medicine, 203.
Snowdon, 226. Sonnenwendfeuer, 284.
Soul, External, in a bird, 240;
in deer, 239;
in a fish, 239;
in Luck of Edenhall, 239;
in a pear, 238;
in a swan, 239;
in a tree, 237;
in various animals, 236.
Sound of Skye, 57.
South-running stream, Efficacy of, 9, 262.
Southwood church, 186.
Soutra hill, 102.
Spa, Well of, at Aberdeen, 33, 91.
Special diseases, Cure of, 109–127.
Spey and Drachaldy, Wells of, 14.
Spey river, 266.
Spider in folk-medicine, 203.
Spirits, guardians of wells and lochs, 155–170, 189,
204, 205;
origin of belief in, 283, 331.
Spirits, Nature-, inhabiting springs, called demons by Adamnan, 25, 283.
Spoon from horn of living cow, 32, 103, 111.
Spring, Mystery of a, 324.
Springs associated with early saints, 30;
double charm of, 337;
healing power of, 325;
intermittent, 137;
issuing from graves, 130;
mysterious connection of springs with trees, 336;
mysterious disappearance of, 19, 20;
mysterious origin of, 328;
passing from paganism to Christianity, 24.
See also Fountains and Wells.
Spynie Loch, 148.
Stable door, Perforated stones hung at, 255.
Stackpole Head, St. Govan’s Chapel and Well near, 316.
Stane, Kelpy’s, at Corgarff, 165;
St. Cuthbert’s, 80;
St. Fillan’s, 83;
The Creeping, 80.
Stenton, 267.
Stewart, Rev. Dr. Alexander, 46, 172, 175, 290, 300.
Stewart, Mr. Charles, 121.
Stewart, Mr. W. G., 174.
Stitches, 247.
Stoke St. Milborough, 132.
Stone, Blue, of Fladda, as a curing-stone, 247;
as an oath-stone, 247;
brownie’s, in Valay, 304;
dwarfie, in Hoy, 73;
in churchyard of St. Denis, 330;
kettle, in Corgarff, 204;
lunar, of Harris, 255;
St. Declan’s, 244;
serpent, 256;
white, of Loch Manaar, 247,
249;
wishing, in St. John’s Well, 318;
yellow, in Mull, 243.
Stone-bed, St. Baldred’s (or Cradle), at Whitberry,
74;
St. Columba’s, in Iona, 78;
St. Kentigern’s Couch at Glasgow, 77;
St. Madron’s, in Cornwall, 80.
Stone-blocks, 72–85.
Stone-boat, St. Baudron’s, 74;
St. Magnus’s, 73;
St. Conval’s, 74.
Stone-chair, St. Donan’s, at Kildonan, 75;
St. Fillan’s Seat at Killallan, 83;
St. Fillan’s, at Comrie, 81;
St. Fillan’s, at Killin, 83;
St. Inan’s, in Beith, 79;
St. Kentigern’s, at Glasgow, 77;
St. Kevin’s Seat at Glendalough, 78;
St. Margaret’s Seat near Dunfermline, 83;
St. Marnan’s, at Aberchirder, 75;
St Molio’s, and Table in Holy Island, 78;
Wallace’s Seat near Vizziberry, 85.
Stone, Mrs., 86.
Stones as amulets, 243,
257;
as medicine, 244;
as ornaments, 256;
as talismans, 242, 336;
beside wells, 251;
black, of Iona, 244;
cramp, 246;
in Juno’s pool, 140;
in mill at Killin, 328;
mysterious properties of, 242;
on altars, 253;
perforated, 255;
precious, 242;
symbolism of, 242.
Stones, Standing, associated with springs, 27, 28, 29;
called in Lewis Fir chreig, 26;
Christian churches associated with, 34, 83;
purpose of, 26;
superstitions about, 25, 26.
Stone-worship, Survivals of, 241.
Stoneykirk, 63.
Stony Middleton, St. Martin’s Chapel at, 88, 89.
Storms, Allaying of, 224;
causation of, 218, 225, 294;
great storm of July, 1881, 222.
Stornoway, 220.
Stow, 275.
Stow, Sanctuary at, 36.
Straid, Whooping-cough Well at, 111.
Strathbogie, 69.
Strathclyde, 77.
Strathdeveron, 193.
Strathdon, 54, 57, 142, 156, 185.
Strathfillan, 82, 106, 120, 121, 122, 126, 295;
Priory in, 122.
Strathnaver, 249.
Strathpeffer, 87.
Strathtay, 51.
Straw, 291;
use of, in connection with stones, 252. Stromkarl, 163.
Stronsay, 109.
Stuart, Dr. John, 122.
Sulphur well at Edinburgh. See Bernard’s, St., Well.
Sunday, 210, 286, 296,
297, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 309;
choice of, for visits to wells, 302;
markets on, 305;
Sugar and Water, in Cumberland, 275.
Sun-god, 306.
Sunrise, 58, 93, 105, 111, 142, 201, 215, 300, 301, 310, 328.
Sunset, 111, 114, 123, 214, 215, 250, 310.
Sunways, Turning, 12, 63, 82, 141, 293, 294, 295, 311, 312.
Sun-worship and well-worship, Connection of, 295;
survival of, 290.
Superstition, 101, 113, 133, 138, 149, 153, 156, 159, 172, 206, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 228, 230, 231, 237, 240, 243, 254, 260, 267, 269, 270, 272, 273, 287, 291, 294, 310, 312, 315, 326, 329, 330, 333, 336, 338.
Sutherland, Water-spirits in, 165–172.
Swave, Peter, 95.
Swithin’s, St., Day, 215. Symson, 143, 190, 204, 295.
Syria, 183.
Tailtin, now Teltown, 306.
Tanew, St., or Thenew, 51;
her cave in the Isle of May, 77;
her chapel at Glasgow, 199;
her springs, 51, 199.
See Enoch’s, St., Well.
Tangstill, 135.
Tantallon castle, 74.
Tarbet, East, 92.
Tarras water in Canonbie parish, 89.
Tarroo-Ushtey, 181.
Teampull-Mhichael in Grimisay, 71.
Teampull-mòr in Lewis, 57.
Teampull Ronaig in Iona, 57.
Tear’s, St., chapel, 201.
Tees, 161.
Tegla’s, St., Well at Llandegla, 114, 116;
ritual for curing epilepsy at, 114.
Temple, St. Patrick’s, in Tyree, stone with hollow near, 76.
Temples, Druidical, 26.
Tenant’s day at Beith, 79.
Tennyson, Lord, 10.
Ternan, St., or Terrananus, 52;
his well at Banchory-Devenick, 52.
Tessore, 327.
Thanet well, 51.
Theodoric, Archbishop of Canterbury, 241.
Thistle, Scottish, 91.
Three-Tree Well at Glasgow. See Pear-Tree Well.
Thor, 252.
Thomas, St., 264;
his wells, 67.
Thorn. See Hawthorn.
Thunder counted ominous, 214, 218.
Tiber, Deification of, 8.
Till, 159.
Tillmouth, 132.
Tin-iron, Offerings of, 199.
Tinto, 284.
Tobar-an-easbuig at Kilbride, 101.
Tobar-ant-sagairt at Inverlussa, 70.
Tobar-Faolan at Struan in Athole, 227.
Tobar-fuar-mòrie, 204.