| John Knox - 1787 - 566 pages
...turn each of thefe thrice round, according to the courfe of the fun. They are called Clacba-brath ; for it is thought that the brath, or end of the world, will not arrive till the ftone on which they ftand is worn through. Originally, fays Mr. Sacbeverel, here were three noble globes,... | |
| John Pinkerton - 1809 - 1102 pages
...turn each of thefe thrice round, according to the courfe of the fun. They are called Clacha-trath ; for it is thought that the brath, or end of the world, will not arrive till the ftone on which they ftand is worn through. Originally, fays Mr. Sacheverel, here were three noble globes,... | |
| 1816 - 764 pages
...turn thrice round, according to the courfe of the fur. They are called dacha brath ; for it is faid that the brath, or end of the world, will not arrive till the pedeftal on which they (land is worn through. Originally (fays Mr Sacheverel) here were three noble... | |
| 1823 - 862 pages
...the supports of я tomb.' Number; who visit this island think it incumbent on them to turn each of these thrice round, according to the course of the...brath, or end of the world, will not arrive till the pedestal on which they stand is worn through. 0/igiJ ] ION nally (says Mr Sacheverel) here were three... | |
| James Frederick Skinner Gordon - 1885 - 160 pages
...the ELECT impatient for the consummation of all things) think it incumbent on them to turn each of these thrice round, according to the course of the sun. They are called Clacha-brdth ; for it is thought that the br&th, or end of the world, will not arrive till the stone... | |
| Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1887 - 824 pages
...the Elect, impatient for the consummation of all things) think it incumbent on them to turn each of these thrice round, according to the course of the sun. They are called Clacha-brath ; for it is thought the brkth, or end of the world, will not arrive till the stone on... | |
| James Murray Mackinlay - 1893 - 394 pages
...turn each of these thrice round, according to the course of the sun. They are called Clach-a-brath — for it is thought that the brath, or 'end of the world,'...till the stone on which they stand is worn through." Pennant thought that these stones were the successors of "three noble globes of white marble," which,... | |
| James Murray Mackinlay - 1893 - 388 pages
...each of these thrice round, according to the course of the sun. They are called Clach-a-brath—fur it is thought that the brath, or 'end of the world,'...till the stone on which they stand is worn through." Pennant thought that these stones were the successors of "three noble globes of white marble," which,... | |
| James Murray Mackinlay - 1893 - 388 pages
...Oran's Chapel. " Numbers who visit this island," he remarks, "think it incumbent on them to turn each of these thrice round, according to the course of the sun. They are called Clach-a-brath — for it is thought that the hrath, or 'end of the world,' will not arrive till the... | |
| George Fraser Black - 1894 - 106 pages
...been the supports of a tomb. Numbers who visit this island think it incumbent on them to turn each of these thrice round, according to the course of the sun. They are called clacha-br<Uh ; for it is thought that the stition and adds that " a piece of it [the slab] conveyed... | |
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