...remarkable for size, strength, and antiquity, are, by the common people, commonly attributed to the I'icls, or Pechs, who are not supposed to have trusted solely...demolished by night what was built during the day. And, if the bull's ill-omen'd head, etc.— St. xl. 1. 1. To present a bull's head before a person...

...their foundation-stones with human blood ; and legend even tells that St. Columba found it necessary to bury St. Oran alive beneath the foundation of his...propitiate the spirits of the soil who demolished by night svhat was built during the day. So late as 1843, in Germany, when a new bridge was built at Halle,...

...Bruce and Stokoe quoted in the Bibliography. (d) PLACE LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS. Sacrifice, Human. — Castles remarkable for size, strength, and antiquity...demolished by night what was built during the day. RICHARDSON, Legendary, vol. ii. p. 168, 2. Alnmouth. 1789. There was discovered near the ruins of the...

...their foundation-stones with human blood; and legend even tells that St. Columba found it neeessary to bury St. Oran alive beneath the foundation of his...demolished by night what was built during the day. So late as 1843, in Germany, when a new bridge was built at Halle, a notion was abroad among the people...

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