Folk Lore in Lowland Scotland

From Folklore, Volume 19 [1908] Sacred Wells. Nov. 8th, 1908. Sir, - In Miss Eva Simpson's recently published book on Lowland folk-lore of Scotland there is a reference to the old practice of lovers going to a sacred well on the first of May and cutting their names or initials in the turf near the spring. The particular well quoted by Miss Simpson (from Dr. Gregor, I think) is that of St. Fittick, near the Bay of Nigg, just to the south of Aberdeen. It appears that the same custom was obser...