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Clootie well munlochy scotland.
In scotland by the village of munlochy on the a832 is a clootie well at an ancient spring dedicated to saint curetán where rags are still hung on the surrounding bushes and trees here the well was once thought to have had the power to cure sick children who were left there overnight.
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Heard in a pub in munlochy on the black isle in the scottish highlands.
The clootie well car park is on your right about 2 miles 3 6 km along this road before you reach munlochy.
The holy well at munlochy is said to date back to and probably beyond the time of st boniface or st curitan who worked as a missionary in scotland in about ad620.
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Munlochy clootie well the clootie well munlochy black isle a healing well at munlochy was dedicated to st boniface or curidan.
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You ll see the brightly coloured rags near the car park entrance.
To reach the littleburn car park turn right about 2 miles 3 2 km along this road and follow the single track road for just over mile 400 metres.
In the heart of culloden woods near the battlefield is a walled clootie well also known as st mary s well.
Writing in his 1869 book of days robert chambers mentioned a well to the east of the current munlochy site called craigach well in avoch he describes the scene on the first sunday of may as like a fair with english scots and gaelic all spoken as the pilgrims made their offerings.
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Pilgrims would come perform a ceremony that involved circling the well sunwise three times before splashing some of its water on the ground and making a prayer.
Hidden in the woods of scotland s black isle is a grove of trees covered with rags.
There is said to have once been a chapel on the site.
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The clootie well is mentioned by several historical writers and collectors of folklore and tradition.
Clootie wells are wells or springs almost always with.
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In scots a clootie or cloot is a strip of cloth or rag.