Folklore

Threestone Burn
Stone Circle

Stoney folklore:

On the top of “Hedgehope,” the round-headed hill that is neighbour to Cheviot, there is a hollow in an incised stone, known as the “Bluidy Trough,” on account of the colour given to the water by the orange-red moss or lichen covering the stone. It is lucky to make a wish here, and drop in a crooked pin – a great number can be seen clearly, lying in the bottom of the hollow, in the water.

Contributed by Mr. T--., Belford, Northumberland, estate agent.

From ‘County Folk-lore’ volume 4, Northumberland, by M C Balfour and N W Thomas (1904).