unspoken water

== English == === Noun === unspoken water (uncountable) Water that is collected by someone who remains silent, particularly from underneath a bridge which leads to a cemetery (though in some folkloric practices, from a well or spring instead), believed to have magical curative properties. === Further reading === 1927, Alexander Campbell (F. S. A. Scot), The Romance of the Highlands: There was also the unspoken water cure. This was water taken from particular wells and used in certain illnesses. It was drawn before sunrise, and brought without uttering a word, otherwise the spell would have been broken.