Lammer Beads

If L. M. M. R. had taken the trouble to consult Jamieson's *Etymological Dictionary*,—that rich storehouse of curious information, not merely in relation to the language, but to the manners and customs, and the superstitions of North Britain,—he would have found interesting notices connected with his inquiry. See the word Lammer, and the same in the Supplement. We might accept, without a moment's hesitation, the suggestion of a learned friend of Dr. Jamieson's, deriving Lammer from the French, *l'ambre*, were it not that Kilian gives us Teut. Lamertyn-steen, *succinum*. In Anglo-Saxon times it…