“In the living folk-lore in Celtic countries, as we found among the Irish peasantry, the cross
“In the living folk-lore in Celtic countries, as we found among the Irish peasantry, the crossing of a bridge or stream of water when pursued by fairies or phantoms is a guarantee of protection. There is always the mystic water between the realm of the living and the realm of subjectivity.”-W. Y. Evans-Wentz, The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (1911) -- source link
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