1921.] 



LIST OF DOLMENS, MENHIRS, ETC. 43 



La Grand Pouquelaye and According to the late Colonel 

 La Petite Pouquelaye Joseph Naftel these were the 



names of two fields adjoining each other on the north side of the 

 high road at Les Marais Gouies, opposite the house of " Passiflora" 

 belonging to Mr. Crousaz. I have been unable to identify them on 

 the Livres de Perchage of the above-mentioned three Fiefs, unless 

 the following entry in that of Les Huit Bouvee, 1896, refers to them : 

 " Nicolas Tostevin, de Plaisance, en son courtil la Pouquelaye in- 

 corpore avec Le Trepied qui fut a Nicolas Tostevin, son pere, 25 p." 



(36, 37.) 



La Grande Pouquelaye. These are names of three fields, 

 La Petite Pouquelaye. indicating the sites of three doL 



Le Trepied. mens, on the estate of Plaisance. 



Le Courtil de la Petite Pouquelaye lies at the back of the house of 

 Plaisance adjoining " Le Courtil de la Grande Pouquelaye," and 

 " Le Courtil du Trepied " is the field at the corner of the lane lead- 

 ing to Plaisance on the left-hand side of the road to St. Peter's 

 Church. (38, 39, 40.) 



La Grande Pouquelaye des Marches.— Perchage du Fief 



Becquepee, Fief au Crochon, 1914 : "Frank J. C. Lilley, des Mesnages, 

 en son courtil de la Grande Pouquelaye, 3 v. 8 p." Not far from 

 this dolmen stood " La Croix des Marches." (41.) 



La Petite Pouquelaye.— Perchage du Fief Becquepee, Fief au 

 Crochon, 1914 : " F. J. C. Lilley, des Mesnages, en son courtil de 

 la 1 ouquelaie, au nord des courtils de Bailiff qui fut a James Lang- 

 lois, 1 v. 25 p." (42.) 



La Pouquelaye au Ville Salmon.— This dolmen is mentioned 

 in Lettres sous Sceau, 1721, by which "Francoise Allez, fille 

 Samuel, de St. Martin, vende a Nicolas Langlois, de St. Pierre-du- 

 Bois, un courtil et jaonniere joignant ensembles appelles la Ville 

 Salmon a Saint Pierre-du-Bois au sud et joignant d'un courtil dit 

 la Pouquelaye appartenant a Nicolas Langlois, fils Pierre." In the 

 Livre de Perchage du Fief des Huit Bouvees, 1896, we find : 

 "Frederick W. Lilley et Charles T Lilley en leur courtil de la 

 Pouquelaye au Ville Salmon, 30 p." (43.) 



La Ville Herode.-This name is given to one of the fields to the north 

 of the house of Plaisance as well as to the house and lands adjoining 

 it to the west. In^ the " Livre de Perchage du Fief de Lihou," 1835, 

 we find: " Dlle. Judith Le Ray, fille Matthieu, des Buttes, en son 

 courtil de la Ville Herode, 1 v. 2 p." ; also " Sr. Pierre Tostevin 

 en sa maison nouvellement batie, jar din et courtil de la Ville 

 Herode, " and " Sr. Nicolas Tostevin, de Plaisance, en sa maison, 

 etc., et courtil de devant d'iceux, et aussi en son courtil a Test des 

 dits edifices la rue entre deux, cet article en trois dans le precedant 

 livre, lesquelles terres s'appelaient le courtil Pouquelais et Ville 

 Herode." Herode may be identified with the Breton H'eroek or 

 H'roeg "La Vieille," the "Hag,"(D the He'ro-Dias of Mr. G. 

 Metivier,(2) whose sanctuary was the little island of Sain off Finis- 

 tere, where her priestesses, nine shrivelled hags, brewed storms and 

 whirlwinds, changing themselves into a variety of brutal forms. (1) 

 The derivation of our Guernsey Heroguiazes, the Queen of Hell, the 

 leader of the orgies at the witches' " Sabbat " round the dolmen of 

 Le Catioroc, the raiser of storms and whirlwinds, from H'roeg "la 

 Vieille " is obvious, as is also her identification with Herodias of 

 medieval legend, by whose evil councils John the Baptist was put 

 to death, condemned for her crime to dance for ever round the world 

 in storm and whirlwind. (2) (43a.) 



(1) Carnac, Legendes— Traditions, Zacharie Le Rouzic, p. 58. 



(2) Folk Lore, pp. 232-233, 



