Severed head of impious man in well causes water to become bitter during part of each day

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Severed head of impious man in well causes water to become bitter during part of each day.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters. · view the constellation · filed as F933.4

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth*Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary occurrences connected with springs.

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Miraculous spring bursts forth for holy person Dry spring restored by removal of certain stone At certain time sheep thrown into well become crimson Rushes uprooted reveal spring Spring miraculously breaks forth against wrongdoer Well floods when gazed upon until mass is said over it Bones of bird constantly thrown up from well

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