FrazER—On a Perforated Ball of Rock Crystal. 297 
kenny Archeological Journal,” 1867, which contains a Paper on 
“Trish Medical Superstition,” by the late John Windele, Esq. (see pp. 
306-326). 
Also in the same Journal, 4th series, vol. iii.. where Mr. G. M. 
Atkinson describes and figures the Imokilly amulet, composed of dark- 
grey banded agate, streaked with white lines and perforated. The 
sphere measures, 14% inches in diameter, and weighs 5 oz.: in 1875, 
it was in the possession of Maurice Fitzgerald, Esq., Manager, Munster 
Bank, Midleton, the representative of the Seneschals of Imokilly. In 
the same Paper another hard brown stone amulet, termed a murrain 
stone, is alluded to as being used at Ballyvourney, county Cork, which 
is a sphere of about 54 inches in diameter. To this tradition ‘‘ ascribes 
many virtues, and its performances in the hands of Saint Gobinet were 
incredible.”’ Still another medical stone is stated to have been owned 
by Mrs. Noonan, of Liscarroll, and after her death was in the posses- 
sion of her daughter, Mrs. Goold. It is about the size of a large 
marble, and composed of shining crystal; probably it consists of trans- 
lucent quartz, though its exact composition is not stated in the Journal. 
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