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Branwen

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Edited Dec 10, 2009, 16:13

Re: OT: Wells and folklore

Dec 10, 2009, 02:00

I was listening to a song from 1570 written by the daughter of a MacGregor whose father had just been executed. The traditional refrain which appears in many laments through the ages is:

"Bheir Mi Oh" or "Sad Am I (without you)"

In gaelic, in some dialects, it sounds like "Weer Ri Oh". Or "Weary-Oh" which perhaps explains why a well of death gets the name Weary Well too. Perhaps place names with weary can be assosciated with funeral rites Wideford?

also, been meaning to post some usefull books on well lore here:-

SACRED WATERS (1986)
Holy Wells and Water Lore in Britain and Ireland
by
Janet and Colin Bord.

CURES AND CURSES (2006)
Ritual and Cult at Holy Wells
BY
Janet Bord

HOLY WELLS IN BRITAIN (2008)
A Guide
by
Janet Bord.

THE FESTIVAL OF LUGHNASA (1962)
by Maire MacNeill
Oxford University Press
XII.Assemblies at Lakes and Rivers
XIII.Assemblies at Wells

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OT: Wells and folklore – goffik, Sep 23, 2009, 10:54


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