A TOUR ROUNt) KORfH 



cr. When any perfon fuppofes him* 

 felf highly injured, it is not uncommon 

 for him to repair to fome church, dedi- 

 cated to a celebrated Saint, as Llan 

 Elian, In Anglefea, and Clynog in Ca- 

 ernarvoiifhire, and there as it is termed 

 to offer his enemy. He kneels down on 

 his bare knees in the church, and offer- 

 ing a piece of money to the Saint, utters 

 the moft virulent imprecations, calling 

 down curfes and misfortunes upon the 

 offender and his family for generations 

 to come, all which they have a firm be^ 

 lief, will come to pafs* Sometimes in- 

 ftead of a church, they repair to fome of 

 the facred wells, that are dedicated to the 

 Saints. Mr. Pennant,* mentions his 

 being threatened by a fellow, who fan- 

 cied he had been injured by him, " with 

 the vengeance of St. Elian, and a jour- 



* See his Tour, II* 337* 



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