Bal maha may most probably retain the memory of S. Mochai or Macai ; Lat. Maccaeiis,
also known as S. Mahew, a companion of S. Patrick, to whom the Church of Kilmahew, in
Cardross, was dedicated. Mahew lived at Kingarth, in Bute, and Buchanan formed part of
the District superintended by Kingarth. He was a poet, a physician, and noted in his day
for his mathematical learning. On the hillside, above the Milton of Buchanan, there is a
well, which still goes by the name of S. Maha's well, to which people resorted,, to within the
memory of some still living, to seek for cure. (S. Mahew's day was the nth April.)]

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