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i.e. abundance, and after whom are called the Two Paps of Ana, 

 West of Luachair " (in the County of Kerry). He also refers 

 to her under the name Bu-anann, the Nurse of Heroes, " a good 

 mother in teaching heroism to the heroes. ... as Ane was mother 

 of the Q-ods, so Bu-anann was mother of the Fiann."* It is 

 probably from this Pagan Goddess that S. Anne's Head (S. 

 Agnes) in Cornwall takes its name. The cult of the goddess has 

 passed on to S. Anne, the mother of the B.V. Mary. 



At Tregony is a chapel dedicated to S. Anne, but this is 

 probably to Anne, mother of S. Non, to whom the chapel at 

 Qrampound is dedicated. 



Dedications to S. Anne are : 



The Church and Holy "Well at Whitstone. 

 The Chapel at East Looe, on the Bridge. 

 A Chapel at Tregony. 



Cal stock. 



Anthony in Eoseland. 



Camborne. 



Bodmin. 



Bratton Clovelly (Devon), 

 on Lundy Island. 

 A Holy Well and Chapel at Bigbury (Devon). 



If we could be sure that any of these were earlier than the 

 15th century, we might conclude that they were dedicated to one 

 or other of the Celtic Annes. 



The Festival at East Looe is on February 13. 



Whitstone Eevel is on Easter Day. 



The day of S. Anne, mother of the B.V.M. is July 26. I 

 have said that Anne, daughter of Meurig and wife of Gynyr 

 may have received a cult in Cornwall. She was the mother of 

 S. Non and grandmother of 8. David, and mother also of S. 

 Wenn, the wife of Selyf, King or Duke of Cornwall, and 

 grandmother of S. Cuby As Tregony was a foundation of S. 

 Cuby, it is not surprising to find there a chapel of his grand- 

 mother and hard by one of his aunt's. At East Looe, also, Anne 

 would be near her daughter's foundation at Morval, and that of 



* Stokes (W.) " Three Irish Glossaries," Lond., 1862, p. xxxiii. 



