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Long Meg & Her Daughters

Possible origin of name?

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Sanctuary S
Sanctuary Jan 7, 2011 12:00:56
Replying to goffik

goffik wrote:
I don't see that Long Meg of Westminster's geographic ties should restrict her from being associated with Cumbria, being as the very nature of folk tales takes them across continents, changing slightly as they go... It could be that the link to Westminster is a red herring! :/

Who knows. Not me. But I like the story so far... :)

G x

Then again it could have been that Long Meg was so named because she had a long and disreputable reputation with many partners and her daughters are there as just proof as none of them look the same as each other! :D

S StoneGloves
StoneGloves Jan 7, 2011 12:44:16
Replying to Sanctuary

Isn't there another common myth attached to the Long Meg stone circle? Which is that they're impossible to count reliably. Also we should remember that the stone Long Meg had a counterpart, which is now missing. (The absent father perhaps). Anybody guess the name of my younger daughter? Or where she grew up? If a new thread is starting with the names of monuments being analysed how about beginning with the Thurstones? Smithills, Bolton; it's a stone row.