"The pilgrims throng the shore opposite to the island"

"The pilgrims throng the shore opposite to the island"

Travelogues--James Spencer Knox--Lough Derg--Description

Knox describes the practices of the pilgrimage as he has heard them

James Spencer Knox, 1789-1862

Pastoral Annals. By an Irish Clergyman [i.e. James S. Knox], p.

R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, London

1840

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English

Travelogue

DD_0266

54.606912, -7.860865

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"The pilgrims throng the shore opposite to the island, sometimes to the amount of many hundreds, awaiting their opportunity of transport, in the boats provided for their accommodation. When arrived on the island called Station Island, they instantly throw themselves upon their knees, and remain in that posture during some minutes, engaged in muttering prayers, performing meanwhile, divers crossings, beatings of the breast, tellings of beads, and other manual exercises, suitable to the popular worship."
(p. 378)

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