Folk Lore and Genealogies of Uppermost NithsdaleR. G. Mann, 1904 - 267 pages |
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... called witch- finders , whose duty it was to search out and bring to trial all persons suspected of dealing in the black art . This was the cause of many a poor innocent old creature being accused and brought before the authorities ...
... called witch- finders , whose duty it was to search out and bring to trial all persons suspected of dealing in the black art . This was the cause of many a poor innocent old creature being accused and brought before the authorities ...
Page 17
... called the " witch score . " I have heard it said that at that time the ministers were paid a sum of money for every witch found in their parishes . Witches were found in plenty , and the ex- ecutioners were kept busy . At length it was ...
... called the " witch score . " I have heard it said that at that time the ministers were paid a sum of money for every witch found in their parishes . Witches were found in plenty , and the ex- ecutioners were kept busy . At length it was ...
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... called the Ghost House , and the field , the Forge Park . The field was rented at one time by Mr Rigg of Crawick Forge , but it now forms part of Whitehill farm . As far back as I can remember no person lived in the Ghost House , but ...
... called the Ghost House , and the field , the Forge Park . The field was rented at one time by Mr Rigg of Crawick Forge , but it now forms part of Whitehill farm . As far back as I can remember no person lived in the Ghost House , but ...
Page 68
... called at , he was accused of being one of the Grahams of Littlemark and a murderer . He was seized with a great terror , confessed his crimes , and almost immedi- ately afterwards fell down as if in a fit , and died in the greatest ...
... called at , he was accused of being one of the Grahams of Littlemark and a murderer . He was seized with a great terror , confessed his crimes , and almost immedi- ately afterwards fell down as if in a fit , and died in the greatest ...
Page 69
... a boy . The husband died shortly after the child was born . Lady Hebron , as the widow was called , continued to live on the property . She lived a quiet , secluded life , her whole care being The Ghost of Lady Hebron.
... a boy . The husband died shortly after the child was born . Lady Hebron , as the widow was called , continued to live on the property . She lived a quiet , secluded life , her whole care being The Ghost of Lady Hebron.
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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
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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.