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50. Waterfalls: Wailing Spirits, Weird Rituals, and Suspicious Whistles

50. Waterfalls: Wailing Spirits, Weird Rituals, and Suspicious Whistles

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The folktales are cascading in this episode as Jenny gets drenched under the waterfall lore of Scotland!


First she explores the strange and sad folklore of the wailing Caoineag, a water spirit that lives by waterfalls, and its ties to the Glen Coe Massacre of 1692. Next she looks into the healing powers of waterfalls and Saint Fillan's easing of suffering using magical stones near the village of Killan. Then it’s onto some very odd divination rituals in Trotternish, Skye, that have ancient roots in Irish culture, before ending with the tale of ‘The Silver Whistle’ which takes place in the mighty mountain of Beinn na Caillich on Skye, and sees a drover run in with the Fianna.


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