croggan
(Scottish) A clay urn made by hand in the Outer Hebrides.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(Scottish) A clay urn made by hand in the Outer Hebrides.
Conjurors and parsons were brought in, who for a time bound the troublesome ghost to emptying Dozmary Pool on Bodmin with a "croggan" or limpet shell.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(Cornish) A limpet shell.
Then she saw Tom sitting on the chimney-stool, and his wife taking on the tip of her finger from a croggan (limpet-shell) what appeared to be salve, which she rubbed over her husband's eyes.
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