It is called so, sir, because a drunken man once fell into it, and was drowned.

There is no deeper pool in the Dee, sir, save one, a little below Llangollen, which is called the pool of Catherine Lingo.

A girl of that name fell into it, whilst gathering sticks on the high bank above it.

She was drowned, and the pool was named after her.

I never look at either without shuddering, thinking how certainly I should be drowned if I fell in, for I cannot swim, sir." "You should have learnt to swim when you were young," said I, "and to dive too.