62 LIST OF DOLMENS, MENHIRS, ETC. 



es Fa'ies," also the district of "Les Varioufs" between 

 Petit Bot and " Les Fontenelles/' in which were u La 

 Grande Roque/' " La Petite Roque" and " La Roque 

 Massey." At St. Peter-in-the-Wood "La Jaonniere du 

 Mont Varouf " lay to the west of a dolmen near " La 

 Neuve Maison Longf rie " and " Les Champs Varouf " 

 between the dolmens of Le Creux es Faies " and Le 

 Dehuset at L'Eree. Then we find at St. Saviour's that a 

 menhir, " La Longue Roque/' once stood on the estate of 

 Le Mont Varouf, and lastly at the Vale we have " La Roque 

 Varouf " near Les Hougues Perre, and " Le Courtil Varouf " 

 on the hill at the back of the Rectory near a menhir called 

 " La Longue Roque " and to the west of the dolmen of " La 

 Roque qui Sonne." 



According to Sir Edgar MacCulloch, " Le Varou " was 

 derived from the Breton "Varw"— "the dead" — signifying 

 the dead " Heroes " or " beautiful Warriors. " (1) They were 

 allied to the " Loup-Garous " of the French, the English 

 "Werewolves" who in Normandy were called "les 

 Varous " as they were in Guernsey. The only old Guernsey 

 legend connected with them that has come down to us is that 

 of " Le Char des Varous" which issued from " Le Creux 

 des Varous " at Hommet, " and was to be heard rolling over 

 the cliffs and rocks, on silver tyred wheels, between Hom- 

 met and the ' Chateau d'Alhecq ' before the death of any 

 of the great ones of the earth." This supernatural warning- 

 was sure to be followed by storms and tempests. " (1) Two 

 Guernsey dictons : — 



"II mange comme un Varou, " (2) and 

 " Bere et mangier coumme un Varou, " (3) 

 would suggest that " Les Varous " were reputed to be great 

 eaters and drinkers. Further, in Normandy " Varouage " (4) 

 signifies frequenting place of ill-repute, and also in Guernsey 

 in the seventeenth century " Varouverie " or " Vouarou- 

 verie," (5) was used when speaking of persons who met 

 together for purposes of debauchery or other illicit practices. 

 By an Act of the Consistory of St. Martin's parish, ist 

 January, 1630/ 1, certain persons were ex-communicated for 

 having been heard to say as they returned from Town on the 

 evening of the preceding Sunday — "qu'il faisait beau temps 

 pour aller en vouarouverie." (6) 



(1) Folk Lore, p. 131. 



(2) Folk Lore, p. 150. (3) Metivier, Diet, Franco-Norm , p. 185. 

 (4) Ibid, p. 485. (5) Folk Lore, p. 130. 



Cf. Richelets Diet ; de la Langrue Francoise Aneicrmc et Moderne. A mstcrdam 

 1712—* Garou' f.m. courir le ^arou, se dit nar raillerie d'un jeune homme qu'on 

 accuse d'avoir ete en quelque lieu de debauche. 



(6) Metivier Diet : F. N. p. 435. Folk Lore, p. 120. Actes du Consistoire de St- 

 Martin. Copy by Rev. G. E. Lee, Library, Royal Court 



