Maclagan, Robert Craig, 1839- comp · London, For the Folk-lore Society by D. Nutt · leaf 28
AM BUAILE LE AON DORUS ii which he describes a square sufficient for one person to stand in. From a point in this square he starts a continuous line in a spiral form, at about a foot interval, reaching as far as the width of the floor will allow. The feat is to walk from the out- side point, which… … The above is a very small matter compared with the feat of balancing described in Martin's " St. Kilda," as a proof of skill and manhood by young men about to marry. We quote from the original (Martin's "Voyage to St. Kilda," 4th edition, 1753)- Page 61. "In the Face of the Rock, South from the…
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