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I have a vague recollection from camping trip when I was little (so no worries if its too vague to track down) of being told if I went under a rock that was a tight crawl space and came out the other side the devil would be scrapped off my back. I was only 5 but it stuck in my memory because I said I didn't have anything on my back and was pushed in anyway while I was craning to see my back by my mean older sister, and got stuck. For quite a long time, as the sister told no one where I was even when it got dark. Stuck headfirst in a hole in the ground with your arse skywards for what seemed like hours, hard to forget. All I remember is it was in Longden Dale, Yorkshire.

There are rocking stones too, Huh?

I don't want to sound stupid but are Cradle Stones the same as Rocking stones? Several cradle stones are up in my neck of the woods, the most famous being near Huntly. Curious!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocking_stone

I found this looking elsewhere for rocking stones, if it helps. Cradle stone at Burghhead seems to be a different sort of thing, at least.

A grave slab with a hollowed surface called the Cradle Stone is built into the wall of the old graveyard at the top of Burghead. According to legend if you strike the stone in the hollow, the sound of a baby crying and a cradle rocking will be heard.