Show GREAT f t By Jack Jock House Houie The Th Teachers Teacher's Scotch Information Centre The Seven-Headed Seven Well As many a wise man has said it doesn't pay to lose your head over the prospect of got ill got ten riches rs O o n 14 a J Theres There's a sinister monument in Scotland that proves it the it-the the Well of the Seven Heads Its It's an obelisk with a frieze of seven dismembered heads around the top with a well below to refresh refresh refresh re re- re- re fresh the tired traveler On each of tha four sides of the well is an inscription in a different language lan Ian guage English guage-English English Gaelic French and Latin Latin and and each language tells the same story A lord who had to go abroad entrusted the safe keeping of his only son to his seven younger young young- er brothers But the brothers saw sawa a a chance of inheriting the estate and murdered the boy When the lords lord's clansmen heard of this they chased the seven brothers and killed and beheaded them Then when the lord returned they washed the seven heads in a well on the lake shore and presented them to their chief Teachers Teacher's Scotch Information Centre suggests that sensitive visitors drive right past the Well of the Seven Heads |