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Holed Stone
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Just to add to Phil's post, I read that babies should be passed through the hole nine times going back and forth alternately, finishing on the side with the mound, and should be laid down with a sixpence under their head (Grinsell's 1862 source in folklore of prehistoric sites in Britain - possibly Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, 1880 (Bottrell)).
I don't know much about babies but I can't imagine being passed through a stone nine times would be very conducive to napping, but maybe its special powers soothed them rather than making them dizzy.
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Posted by Rhiannon
15th May 2003ce
Edited 15th December 2006ce
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