[178.3] Proc. Roy. Ir. Acad. (1892), 818.
[179.1] W. Gray, in iv. Proc. Belfast Nat. Field Club, 2d ser., 94.
[179.2] Gomme, Ethn., 91 et seqq. See also vi. N. and Q., 8th ser., 113.
[179.3] iv. N. and Q., 8th ser., 246.
[179.4] Prof. Rhys, in iii. Folklore, 75. Mr. Moore is quoted as giving a slightly different version of the ritual. I think his version probably describes a more recent and degraded form of the ceremony. In any case, the rag had to be wetted with water from the well. Other Manx wells are discussed by Mr. Moore in an article on “Water and Well-worship in Man,” v. Folklore, 212. See particularly pp. [217], [219], [222], [224], [226].
[180.1] x. Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., 606.
[180.2] iii. Folklore, 69.
[181.1] ii. Brand, 269 note, 268 note, 270 note, quoting xviii. Statistical Account of Scotland, 630, Macaulay, Hist. St. Kilda, 95, and Martin, Western Islands, 140. A similar account is given of a well in the island of Islay.
[181.2] xxvi. Antiquary, 30.
[181.3] iii. Folklore, 67.