Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Running Water

No enchantment can subsist in a living stream; if, therefore, a person can interpose a brook betwixt himself and the witches, sprites, or goblins chasing him, he is in perfect safety. Burns' tale of Tam o'Shanter turns upon this superstition.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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