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 XII.--SUPERSTITIONS OF ISLE MAREE--_continued.

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Druidical sacrifices engrafted on Christianity--Resort to Isle Maree for cure of lunacy probably ancient--Parallel superstitions--Bull sacrifice at Kirkcudbright--Sacrifices of bulls not confined to the saint's day--Descriptions of proceedings for cure of lunatics--MacCulloch's description--No form of words--Recent cases--St Maelrubha and St Ruffus identical--Mad dog dipped in the well--Sad consequences--Quotations as to Pagan practices engrafted on Christianity 153