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Wells are very female in the same way that standing stones are very male. A well is basically a life-giving hole ... what could be more female than that!?

In Ireland the majority of wells are dedicated to St Brigit, who was, as we know, the Celtic Brigid. One of St. Brigit's roles is Mary's midwife (great bit of invention to make the old goddess fit). However, the odd thing is that I have never come across an Irish well with fertility associations. Many standing stones do have ease-of-labour, marriage or fertilty folklore though - especially holed ones.

There must be a well somewhere that does.

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Posted by FourWinds
14th October 2004ce
23:02

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Re: My hero (Littlestone)

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My hero

(goffik, Oct 08, 2004, 07:36)

Re: My hero (Mr Hamhead, Oct 08, 2004, 19:59)
- Re: My hero (goffik, Oct 09, 2004, 15:41)
  - Re: My hero (baza, Oct 09, 2004, 17:11)
    - Re: My hero (FourWinds, Oct 09, 2004, 17:27)
    - Re: My hero (moss, Oct 10, 2004, 10:33)
    - Re: Not my hero (goffik, Oct 10, 2004, 21:03)
      - Re: Not my hero (baza, Oct 12, 2004, 23:06)
        Re: Not my hero (goffik, Oct 13, 2004, 07:51)
        Re: Not my hero (FourWinds, Oct 13, 2004, 07:58)
        Re: Not my hero (Mr Hamhead, Oct 13, 2004, 08:27)
        Re: Not my hero (goffik, Oct 13, 2004, 09:15)
        Re: Not my hero (baza, Oct 13, 2004, 18:31)
        Re: Not my hero (StoneLifter, Oct 13, 2004, 18:52)
        Re: Not my hero (goffik, Oct 14, 2004, 09:22)
        Re: Not my hero (baza, Oct 15, 2004, 10:52)
        Re: Not my hero (FourWinds, Oct 15, 2004, 11:44)
        Re: Not my hero (Mr Hamhead, Oct 15, 2004, 17:20)
        Re: Not my hero (moss, Oct 15, 2004, 17:23)
        Re: Not my hero (Mr Hamhead, Oct 15, 2004, 17:44)
        May Cod Have Mercy on Your Sole! (FourWinds, Oct 15, 2004, 19:47)
        Re: May Cod Have Mercy on Your Sole! (moss, Oct 16, 2004, 09:38)
        Re: May Cod Have Mercy on Your Sole! (FourWinds, Oct 16, 2004, 10:25)
        Re: May Cod Have Mercy on Your Sole! (StoneLifter, Oct 16, 2004, 10:46)
        Wish you'd all stop carping on about this (Littlestone, Oct 16, 2004, 12:37)
    - Re: My hero (Hob, Oct 10, 2004, 23:35)
Re: My hero (goffik, Oct 10, 2004, 19:01)
- Incidentally... (goffik, Oct 10, 2004, 19:01)
  - Re: And furthermore... (goffik, Oct 10, 2004, 21:00)
- Re: My hero (Hob, Oct 10, 2004, 23:21)
  - Re: My hero (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 07:18)
    - Re: My hero (StoneLifter, Oct 11, 2004, 08:33)
    - Re: My hero (FourWinds, Oct 11, 2004, 10:58)
      - Re: My hero (StoneLifter, Oct 11, 2004, 11:03)
        Re: My hero (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 11:21)
        Re: My hero (FourWinds, Oct 11, 2004, 12:20)
        Re: My hero (Littlestone, Oct 14, 2004, 21:36)
        Re: My hero (FourWinds, Oct 14, 2004, 23:02)
        Re: My hero (Hob, Oct 12, 2004, 19:38)
        Re: My hero (FourWinds, Oct 12, 2004, 19:43)
        Re: My hero (StoneLifter, Oct 12, 2004, 21:26)
  - Re: And another thing! (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 14:49)
    - Re: And another thing! (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 14:52)
      - Re: Bugger. (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 14:53)
- Re: My hero (Mr Hamhead, Oct 11, 2004, 18:21)
  - Re: My hero (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 20:52)

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