Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 119, February 7, 1852 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

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In a work recently published by the Earl of Roden, entitled Progress of the Reformation in Ireland , there occurs a curious account of a remnant of this ancient form of fetichism still existing in Inniskea, an island off the coast of Mayo, with about 380 inhabitants amongst whom, he says,
A stone carefully wrapped up in flannel is brought out at certain periods to be adored; and when a storm arises, this god is supplicated to send a wreck on their coast.
P. 51.
A correspondent in the same volume writes to Lord Roden that—