9^4. so deep. 20^1. hast. #E.# "Although much of the language seems somewhat modernized, this must be attributed to its currency, being much liked, and very much sung, in this neighborhood. I can trace it back several generations, but cannot hear of its ever having been in print. I have never heard it with any considerable variation, save that one reciter called the dwelling of the feigned sweetheart Castle-swa." _Hogg._ #G.# "To a wild melancholy tune." _Herd._ Quhat, ze, _etc._, _are printed_ what, ye, _as usual_. #H.# 7^{1, 2} _and 8 one stanza._ [98] For utter ineptness 7-9 even go beyond the ordinary Buchan mark. [99] Other expedients are, a loaf of bread weighted with quicksilver, or without candle or quicksilver, or a chip of wood; Henderson, as above, p. 59, Gregor, Notes on the Folk Lore of the North East of Scotland, p. 208, Choice Notes from Notes and Queries, pp 40-43, and Liebrecht, Volkskunde, p. 344 f, who cites nearly all these places. J. S. C. observes in Notes and Queries: As there are in all running streams deep pools formed by eddies, in which drowned bodies would be likely to be caught and retained, any light substance thrown into the current would consequently be drawn to that part of the surface over the centre of the eddy hole. [100] Also (not seen by me) Danske Samlingar, II, 274-76, 1867, Norske Magasin, I, 401, 1860, cited by somebody (probably Grundtvig) whom I have neglected to note. 69 CLERK SAUNDERS #A.# 'Clerk Sanders,' Herd's MSS, I, 177, II, 49. #B.# 'Clerk Saunders,' Herd's MSS, I, 163, II, 46. #C.# 'Clerk Saunders,' Kinloch's Scottish Ballads, p. 233. #D.# 'Lord Saunders,' Motherwell's MS., p. 196. #E.# 'The Seven Bluidy Brithers,' Motherwell's MS., p. 199. #F.# 'Clerk Saunders,' Jamieson's Popular Ballads, I, 83. #G.# 'Clerk Sandy,' Buchan's Ballads of the North of Scotland, I, 160.