226 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



Siors arnat, " the blefiing of God, and St. 

 George be on thee." 



In the churches, when the name of 

 the Devil occurred, an universal fpitting 

 u fed formerly to feize the congregation, 

 as if in contempt of that evil fpirit ; and 

 whenever Judas was mentioned, they 

 expreficd their abhorrence of him, by 

 fmiting their breafts. 



If a Ffynno7i Vair, or well of our Lady, 

 or any other faint was near, the water 

 for baptifm, was always brought from 

 thence. ; and after the ceremony was 

 over, old women were very fond of 

 warning their eyes in tlie water of the 

 font. 



Upon Chrifhnas day, about three 

 o'clock in the morning, molt of the pa- 

 rimioners aflembled in the church, and 

 after prayers and a fermon, continued 

 there finging pfalins, and hymns with 

 great devotion, till it was day-light; 



and 



