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http://109.74.200.198/clach-na-bratach/ Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:38:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 http://109.74.200.198/clach-na-bratach/#comment-20376 Brent Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:20:51 +0000 http://www.scotclans.com/bletherskite/?p=2861#comment-20376 Good morning. I’ve been curious about this stone for over a decade now. I’d had travel scheduled to Calvine a number of years ago and had to cancel, disappointingly, at the last minute. I was about to visit the Donnachaidh Museum around there and was hoping to see this stone first hand. In researching my family’s deep Norse history, and their also living in Scotland, I had read that a number of legendary viking swords discussed in Norse sagas were also accompanied by a stone of equally legendary power. Has there ever been a consideration, based on where this stone was said to have been found, that perhaps this is one of these stones that would have been a healing companion to a sword? My own family has deep rooted association with the sword known in the sagas as “Skofnung”. Wounds created by this sword would not heal unless the accompanied stone was used. Clach na Bratach healing ability certainly makes a striking resemblance. My wife and I both have Donnachaidh/ Robertson great ancestor grandparents and we wear their tartan still today. Slainte mhath to all. -Brent **P.s. Please feel free to email reply to my address above.

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