Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs

by James M. Mackinlay

Water-bull, [171]–181;
-cow, [179], [180];
-cross in North Uist, [225];
-horse, [172];
-kelpy (see Kelpy, Water);
-ordeal, [150], [151], [152], [153].

Watlie, [101].

Wavertree, Monastery and well at, [186].

Weather, its bearing on daily life, [213];
its connection with ecclesiastical festivals, [214];
its connection with wells, [223]–229, [234];
its place in folklore, [214].

Weem, [318].

Well, Ream or cream or flower of the, [23]. Well-brae wall at St. Boswell’s, [61].

“Well-dressing” or “well-flowering,” [206].

Well in the wall in Checkly parish, [136].

Wells as places of safety, Pilgrimages to, [135], [327];
removal of, [21];
stone coverings of, [33], [70], [191];
wonderful, [128]–139.

Welltrees meadow, [296].