Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations

CHAPTER XI.--SUPERSTITIONS OF ISLE MAREE.

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Isle Maree conspicuous--The wishing-tree--Her Majesty's offering--St Maelrubha permitted sacrifices of bulls--Continued to 1678--Latterly associated with cure of insanity--Treatment of lunatics--Still continued--Dr Mitchell's description--Circular enclosure supposed to be Druidical--Graves of the prince and princess--The well--Description of the wishing-tree--Trees of Isle Maree--Probability of the legend of Isle Maree--Name of island derived from St Maelrubha--St Maelrubha worshipped 150