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English: The Manners Stone The Manners Stone is marked as such on the OS map. It sits in a field near the end of the surfaced road at Galtrigill. Once there was a big village here. Now there is just a scattering of ruins.
It is only about half a metre square, and is not particularly distinctive. It is probably mostly unnoticed even by the very few people who venture this way. It is supported by three smaller stones and has some inscriptions on it, which appear most likely to be mid 20th century graffiti. The stone is reputed to give good manners to those who stand on it. Children of the village who transgressed would be sent to stand on it until they found their manners'. There are other versions of the story. Some say that anyone who sits bare arsed on the stone will have fertility and good fortune. Others say that the villagers of Galtrigill came here each year to bow to this stone of the ancient gods, in a belief that this would bring a good harvest. It seems likely to me that the last of these theories is the right one. The gaelic word manadh (pronounced mana) means omen. Manners is probably an anglicisation of Manadh. |
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| Author | John Allan |
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