Folk Lore and Genealogies of Uppermost NithsdaleR. G. Mann, 1904 - 267 pages |
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... hills , Duneaton's streams In mild meanders play , There both the numerous armies met In battle's dread array . When Sanquhar gallant youths beheld The sparkling glassy field , With love of glory fired , they cried , " We'll die , but ...
... hills , Duneaton's streams In mild meanders play , There both the numerous armies met In battle's dread array . When Sanquhar gallant youths beheld The sparkling glassy field , With love of glory fired , they cried , " We'll die , but ...
Page 51
... hills , everything that can contribute to the making of the finest landscape , while to increase the charm it abounds in the most romantic tales of byegone days . Crawick is particularly rich in stories and stirring in- cidents of the ...
... hills , everything that can contribute to the making of the finest landscape , while to increase the charm it abounds in the most romantic tales of byegone days . Crawick is particularly rich in stories and stirring in- cidents of the ...
Page 52
... hills on the west . The Orchard occupies the site of an ancient religious house , latterly the dwelling of the lairds who had possession of the lands . The apparitions that showed themselves near this place and in the linn were a White ...
... hills on the west . The Orchard occupies the site of an ancient religious house , latterly the dwelling of the lairds who had possession of the lands . The apparitions that showed themselves near this place and in the linn were a White ...
Page 53
... the maiden ere long showed favour to another wooer , still , however , having a secret regard for her old sweetheart , who at this time had thrown in his lot with the persecuted hill folk , a so im- fact well known to the young lady of 53.
... the maiden ere long showed favour to another wooer , still , however , having a secret regard for her old sweetheart , who at this time had thrown in his lot with the persecuted hill folk , a so im- fact well known to the young lady of 53.
Page 54
... , and assuming a pious air , he was wont to foregather with people on Crawick road or join their company in the Orchard linn or when crossing the Carco hill , and , as he did of old in the form of the serpent , try 54.
... , and assuming a pious air , he was wont to foregather with people on Crawick road or join their company in the Orchard linn or when crossing the Carco hill , and , as he did of old in the form of the serpent , try 54.
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Abraham Crichton Agnes Alexander Andrew April August barony of Sanquhar brother burgh Cairn Castle Robert charter Crawfordton Crawick Crichton of Carco Crichton of Eliock Crichton of Gairland Crichton of Ryehill Crichton of Sanquhar Dalpeddar daughter David death December deed died Douglas Drumlanrig Earl of Carnwath Earl of Dumfries Earl of Queensberry Edward Elizabeth escheat Euchan Euchan Water father favour February George ghost Glen Glenwharry Guffockland heir Homer James Crichton James McMath Janet January John Crichton John Hair John McCririck John McMath Johnston July June King Kirk Kirkconnel kirkyard Laird Lord Crichton Lord Dumfries Lord Sanquhar March Margaret Marion married McCall McRerik of Cairn merk land Murray night Nith Nithsdale Nivinston old extent parish of Kirkconnel Patrick possession Privy Seal resigned Robert Crichton Sanchar Sanquhar Castle sasine Scotland Scots seisin Sheriff Sir Robert Crichton Spango story succeeded Thomas town Whigham wife William Crichton Wilson witches witnesses
Popular passages
Page 150 - My Dear, quo' he, ye're yet o'er young, And ha* na learn'd the Beggars Tongue, To follow me frae Town to Town, And carry the Gaberlunzie on. Wi...
Page 2 - ... master sometimes of a brew-house, whose entertainments, in my opinion, may easily be guest at, provided you reflect on our late accommodation. " There is also a market-place, such an one as it is, and a kind of a thing they call a tolbooth, which at first sight might be suspected a prison, because it is so like one ; whose decays by the law of antiquity are such, that every prisoner is threatened with death before his trial ; and every casement, because bound about with iron bars, discovers the...
Page 12 - A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Page 150 - Wi' cauk and keel' I'll win your bread, And spindles and whorles for them wha need, Whilk is a gentle trade indeed, To carry the gaberlunzie on. I'll bow my leg, and crook my knee. And draw a black clout o'er my ee ; A cripple or blind they will ca' me, While we shall be merry and sing.
Page 16 - ... merchants going abroad to carry only as much as they strictly require for their travelling expenses. The Estates enacted, that ' nae person take upon hand to use ony manner of witchcrafts, sorcery, or necromancy, nor give themselves furth to have ony sic craft or knowledge thereof, there-through abusing the people;' also, that ' nae person seek ony help, response, or consultation at ony sic users or abusers of witchcrafts .... under the pain of death.
Page 16 - that ' nae person take upon hand to use any manner of witchcrafts, sorcery, or necromancy, nor give themselves furth to have ony sic craft or knowledge thereof therethrough abusing the people;' also, that 'nae person seek ony help, response, or consultation, at ony sic users or abusers of witchcrafts . . . under pain of death.
Page 154 - I have been young and now am old," saith the Psalmist, "yet never saw I the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging their bread.
Page 235 - ... MacGill'inan, son of Gillie Phinan, who was named after Saint Finan, in process of time corrupted to MacLennan. McNaught is also a Galloway surname, and has no connection with or relation to McNaughtan, which is purely a Gaelic name. The McNaughts of Kilquarity carried as their Arms, Sable, an escocheon chequy, argent and azure, between three lions' heads erased, of the second, langued, gules.