E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Logan or Rocking Stones,
for which Cornwall is famous.
1
Pliny tells us of a rock near Harpsa which might be moved with a finger.
2
Ptolemy says the Gygonian rock might be stirred with a stalk of asphodel.
3
Half a mile from St. David’s is a Logan stone, mounted on divers other stones, which may be shaken with one finger.
4
At Golcar Hill (Yorkshire) is a rocking stone, which has lost its power from being hacked by workmen who wanted to find out the secret of its rocking mystery.
5
In Pembrokeshire is a rocking stone, rendered immovable by the soldiers of Cromwell, who held it to be an encouragement to superstition.
6
The stone called Menamber in Sithney (Cornwall) was also rendered immovable by the soldiers. under the same notion.
sa which might be moved with a finger.
