CHILDREN AND WELLS.
BY DAN M'KENZIE, M.D.
{Read at Meeting, 20th March, 1907.)
Why do so many wells cure children's diseases ?
Out of 139 wells in Mr. R. C. Hope's collection,^ which are or were credited with ability to cure disease : —
The disease cured is not specified in - - 34
Ailments in general were treated at - - 24
Eye diseases were treated at - - - 29
Skin complaints at - - - - - 16
Insanity was treated at - - - - 2
And children were associated with - - 34
Of these last : —
Children's diseases were treated at - - 7 Children were made to drink of the water of 8 Children were baptized at - - - - 10 Ceremonies were performed in which children participated, or tales are told with children as the heroes, in ----- 8 instances.
^ Hope, R. C, The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England. London, 1893.
