Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Canna’s Stone
Sikes describes Canna’s Stone in a field near the old church of Llangan as a natural-looking chair. It is connected with a well called Ffynon Canna and the saint associated with the church. In the reported custom, a person seeking relief from ague sits in the chair after drinking the well water; sleeping there is believed to ensure the effect. The legend joins resting place and spring rather than assigning power to either alone.
Also known as Canna’s Stone Chair
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Principal account
TraditionalSikes describes Canna’s Stone in a field near the old church of Llangan as a natural-looking chair. It is connected with a well called Ffynon Canna and the saint associated with the church.
Further detail
TraditionalIn the reported custom, a person seeking relief from ague sits in the chair after drinking the well water; sleeping there is believed to ensure the effect. The legend joins resting place and spring rather than assigning power to either alone.
Context & interpretation
This entry records Sikes’s description of the stone and historical healing belief. It does not provide a treatment for ague or establish the well’s water as safe to drink, and the custom is not written as a how-to guide.
Original passages
Source 1
British Goblins
forms a sort of chairOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Wirt Sikes, British Goblins (1880), active reader leaf 377
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- Edition
- IMJ-0044-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0044-E001-P0377
- Original scan leaf
- 378
- Recorded leaf number
- 378
- Current Reader position
- 376
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- Source-preserving update confirmed
Source 2
British Goblins
used in connection with a magic well called Ffynon CannaOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Wirt Sikes, British Goblins (1880), active reader leaf 377
Exact passage checked against active scan text and its original-leaf mapping; whitespace and scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0044-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0044-E001-P0377
- Original scan leaf
- 378
- Recorded leaf number
- 378
- Current Reader position
- 376
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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