peculiarity. Stories of this kind remind us of similar wonders recorded
by Sir John Maundeville, as having been seen by him in the course of his
Eastern travels. Thus he describes a certain table of ebony or blackwood,
"that once used to turn into flesh on certain occasions, but whence now
drops only oil, which, if kept above a year, becomes good flesh and
bone."
Footnotes:
- Laing's "History of Scotland," 1800, ii. p. II. 2. "Flower-lore," p. 46.