Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-02-23
nd SUpERSTITI0NS.
8, oe arAe TALIsMAN," MADE
oe'''' FAMOUS BY SCOTT.

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cure ,,, from F. scotch Town.
usnlshing
.s,srn story called the Iaiisman,
Al Walter Scotts best ronlances, was
ne e, q II, 1925 The incineht irohi "h'cn
,nonce derived us name y TINS; a
~ NV squire has been cured OIL severe
s sis Nv an Arabian physician sent ny oai-
pin'' ,.to has heard that hing fticbaFfif uah-
pa'p' III. has been given over ~ ms doc
snV4 ss,, we're not very wen INSTRUCTED AZ
u - aara.en, who really Is Saladin ~ dis
ins ~. Known only a. III Hakim (the ply
eaie ! entirely trusted by Richard, who
aelan', h;,b confidence in the honor OF the
Fa n., his eneiny. Ell Hakim produces a
I'll silken bag, niade Oh "ee moN ."'9'eh
Fs -. liver. containing something heavy,
,sah he immerses in cup oil spring water
.a,.ins it therein for n rev minutes.
~ Inc empties the cup at draught, and
im n. hsck on his couch as II exhausted; Is
AZ rest in quiet, and when he awakens
l4sI h,,,,s after the fever has wholly left
s''e .i,hout the necessity OF his taking sec
pD, III. The silken purse had contained q
t.i.oan,
sa.,'' NJ. s,rclusion of the romance Sir Ken
- tho disguised sou Of the king of Scot
II vas married 10 Edith Plantageuet,
n n.a.rds cousin, and Scott says: at is still
na .s;s,suce having been bequeathed by the
~, ~ Huntingdon to brave knight of
A,,.nd Sir Simon of the Lee, in whose
ss,.r, md honorable family 1t is still pre-
's and although charmed stones have
~. d;smissed from the modern pharma-
..saio its virtues are still applied to for
t.ls.,o blood and in cases of canine mad
~
Tia talisman is still preserved. 1t Is
ANA the Lee Penny, or the Lee Stone. 1t
4 an heirloom in the ancient Scottish fam
he al IOckbalt, and derives It's distinctive
In from the estate OF Lee, in the west OF
sotlani.
The Lee Penny is stone OF dark red color
md triangular shape, and 1t measures about
haIf an inch on each side. IL IS set IN a piece
Il silver coin much defaced, on which few
ALTERS may still be deciphered. Antiquarians
nave declared that this inscription resembles
rat on the shilling OF Edward l. Once a
lauidary was allowed to examine this tails
man and found it was stone-but of what
hind be could not tell.
Tie Traditional a'4'o1iit of this Lee Penny,
sdeivered by the family which has possessed
h for over $50 years, is singular enough.
Robert Bruce, ing of Scotland, dying in 1920
left will which directed Lord james Doug
l,s. commonly called the Good, TO convey his
heart to the Holy Land to be buried in Jerusa,
lan--hence, heart, crowned and bleeding,
appears in the armorial bcarinSsof the Doug
las family TO this day. Douglas went to fight
tie Saraceus in Spain instead OF going direct
10 Palestine, was slain in battle, and the per-
pu WHO carried Bruce's heart to it's destina
lion was one Simon Lee, who, to comnem-
crate his achievement, took the name OF
IOck-heart, putting on his shield a heart
within lock.
In the Holy Land this gallant gentleman
fought fercely against the Saracens. HAY.
ing captured an emir in battle, the aged
mother Of thatprnce came to ransom him.
AZ was his right, Lockhart exacted as large
sum as possible, which the old lady was
willing to pay-partly in cash, partly in jew
els, Taking the latter out of her purse, there
fsll out of it stone set in silver coin, and
she picked this up with SO much haste and
anxiety that the Scottish knight became as
sured that it must be far more valuable than
happeared. lie refused u lioerate the EN- I
unless that amulet were given him. AftsI
many retusals the lady consented and deliv-
ered 1t to him, explaining how it was to be
USED and what wondrous healing virtues IL
possessed
0n one occasion complaint was made IL
Scottish ecclesiastical courts against Sill
James Lockhart, then laird of Lee, for cur
ing diseases by witchcraft, but on trial til,
Lee Penny was solennly pronounced to be al
amulet TO which it had pleased God to an
1ex certain healing virtues which the church
gu not presume to condemn"
When the plague was in the town of New
castle, on the borders of Scotland, the inhabi
tants borrowed the Lee Penny, giving bono
toavery considerable amount for its safe re
turn. The plague suddenly disappeared
Nhea the inhabltants attributed to the tails
man, which they offered TO purchase at d;
large cost, but the owner refused.
In the reign of William III lady of ranl
near Edinburgh, bitten by mad dog, Dor
fowed the stone, drinking and bathing in tn
water IN which it had been dipped, and at
u'outed her complete cure to its use. Thi:
WAFER called Lockerlee water, is in high lie
pa'e throughout the west of Scotland. II
n@iss table Book Is a short description G
'.e Lee fenny, with an accurate engraving
aN In the top of the silver setting is a lit
lsenalh, oy which it was held while the pro
seS Oh dipping it into the water was per
iOrmed'
ine INHABITANTS of Persia, Arabia, Turkey
and Egypt have very great faith in amulet
and talismans, believing that to wear then
WA prevent accidents and even cure dis
@ss Walter Scott did not disbelieve til,
,H,"ts Oh the Lee Penny, though he did no
sApau why. lie limited that inaoina tio,